TED英文演说-如何将职场中的性别偏见排除在外中英文演讲稿.docx

第 第 PAGE 1 页 How to design gender bias out of your workplace 00:10 A few years ago, I had a corporate feminist dream job. Launching a companys national initiative to recruit more female employees. In the finance sector. 00:22 But first, I had to get the signed-off support of all department heads. So I spent months perfecting the proposal, presented it and won the support of almost everyone. 00:36 But in this team, there were two men well call Howard and Tom. Howard just would not get back to me. I emailed him about the proposal, I left him voice mails, Id roll my chair back and forth during meetings, trying to make eye contact with Howard. 00:53 Hed just take out his phone and start scrolling. And then I started to question myself. Had I been diplomatic enough in that email? Too demanding in that voice mail? Does Howard hate this proposal or am I just overreacting? Its probably just me, I thought. 01:15 And then one day, Im walking down the hall and here comes Howard. Hes holding a packet of papers, sees me and lights up. He says, Sara, Tom just emailed this to me, you should take a look. Its a proposal for us to recruit more women. 01:33 I think Tom has a really great idea here, and we should all get behind it. Howard proceeds to hand my own proposal back to me. And explains to me the many merits of what I wrote. 01:50 Howard was never against recruiting more women. But he needed to hear from a man why it was important to hire more women. And as this scene played out, I said nothing. Because I knew somehow that I was a guest in a place that wasnt meant for me. And so instead of questioning my environment, I questioned myself. 02:22 I wanted to know how so many talented women who worked long hours and started their careers with confidence all became trained in this kind of self-doubt that makes them say, Its probably just me. How was that still possible? Arent things getting better? 02:41 Opportunities for women have increased over the last 50 years. But