Men Are Losing Their Jobs Over Sexual Harassment. These Women Are Replacing Them

Dozens of prominent men — including Matt Lauer, Harold Ford Jr. and Sen. Al Franken— have lost or left their jobs amid allegations of sexual misconduct over the past several months. They are leaving behind positions of great influence — a morning show anchor reportedly making $25 million a year, a managing director at a major bank and a Senate seat during a pivotal moment in politics. But who’s going to fill these roles?

Punditsandmany amongthe wider public arecallingfor women to get the jobs. “We shouldn’t just be taking the bad ones down,” lawyer and writer Jill Filipovicwrote in an essayfor TIME. “We need to start demanding that their replacements are female.”

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