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Chapter 10 Let's Start Talking About It 第10章 让我们开始讨论吧 Sometimes I wonder what it would be like to go through life without being labeled by my gender. 有时候我想知道，如果没被贴上女性标签，我的生活会是怎样。
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and Congressman Lehman promised to introduce me to him before the summer ended. 莱曼议员承诺在暑假结束前介绍我认识奥尼尔。 Then, on the very last day of the session, he made good on his promise. 直到暑假的最后一天，他终
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The Speaker was born in 1912, eight years before women were given the right to vote, 奥尼尔出生于1912年。8年后，美国女性获得了选举权。 but by the time I met him in the halls of Congress, society had (mostly) evolved. 我在国会大
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It sounds like a joke: Did you hear the one about the woman taking a feminist studies class who got angry when someone called her a feminist? 这听上去像个笑话：有人选修了女权主义研究的课程，却为自己被叫作女权主义者而
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Within traditional institutions, success has often been contingent upon a woman not speaking out but fitting in, or more colloquially, being one of the guys. 在许多传统机构里，女性偶尔取得成功并不是因为她们敢于表达自己的意
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But while gender was not openly acknowledged, it was still lurking below the surface. 尽管人们不会公开地讨论性别问题，但实际上它一直潜伏在我们身边。 I started to see differences in attitudes toward women. 我看到社会对
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I could mention that my credentials lined up with those of the men who had previously held this position. 我可以自信地说，和之前担任这个职务的男性相比，我的资历也是够格的。 If there was enough time, I could recount ce
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Fortunately, I had company. 所幸我还有公司的支持。 In 2005, my colleagues Susan Wojcicki and Marissa Mayer and I all noticed that the speakers who visited the Google campus were fascinating, notable, and almost always male. 2005年，我与同
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Staring at the blank computer screen, I was at a complete loss. 我盯着空白的电脑屏幕，脑子里也一片空白。 I had never spoken about being a woman in public before. Not once. 我从来没有公开地做过关于女性问题的演讲，
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Friends and colleagues both male and female warned me that making this speech would harm my career by instantly typecasting me as a female COO and not a real business executive. 朋友和同事（不管男性还是女性）都警告我这次演讲会伤
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Instead, we need to speak out, identify the barriers that are holding women back, and find solutions. 相反，我们要发出自己的声音，扫除让女性退缩的障碍。 The response to my TEDTalk showed me that addressing these issues openly
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It was also enormously gratifying that men reacted positively to the talk too. 我很欣慰地看到，男性对这个视频的反应也很积极。 Dr. John Probasco of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 约翰霍普金斯医学院的约翰
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I know it isn't easy. 我知道这并不容易。 Women, especially those at junior levels, 职场女性，尤其是那些资历尚浅的女性， worry that raising gender issues makes them appear unprofessional or as if they are blaming others. 都担
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And since the majority of managers are men, we need them to feel comfortable addressing these issues directly with female employees. 由于大多数管理人员都是男性，我们还需要让他们能够自如地跟女性员工直接提出这些问题
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Still, this approach is a bit of a crutch and it does not translate to other companies. 不过，这种方法只是权宜之计，也没有前车之鉴。 It would be preferable if everyone had permission to talk about this subject both publicly and
