I recently got promoted and now have to attend a monthly meeting where I'm the only woman. For the first 10 minutes all the men banter about sport and I feel completely left out and awkward. Any advice? — Woman, mid-30s, trading

You work in trading so it must be said that your experience could have been worse. We've heard from women who worked in trading and had scores called out to rate their looks each morning, and news broke recently that a Playboy party and strip club offers had been arranged during LME Week, an event for thousands of trading executives.