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Junior women and senior men often avoid engaging in mentoring or sponsoring relationships out of fear of what others might think.
在職場上，資歷較淺的女性和資歷較深的男性常因顧忌他人的眼光而避免建立指導或贊助的關系。
A study published by the Center for Work-Life Policy and the Harvard Business Review
美國工作—生活政策中心和《哈佛商業評論》公布的一項研究顯示，
reported that 64 percent of men at the level of vice president and above are hesitant to have a one-on-one meeting with a more junior woman.
副總裁級別以上的男性中有64%的人對于一對一會見基層女性員工心有顧慮，
For their part, half of the junior women avoided close contact with senior men.
而在基層女性員工中則有一半人會避免與高層男性有直接接觸。
This evasiveness must end.
這種躲躲閃閃的狀態必須結束了。
Personal connections lead to assignments and promotions, so it needs to be okay for men and women to spend informal time together the same way men can.
人際關系會影響職務分配與晉升，所以男女同事在非正式場合像男性之間那樣相處應該是可以的。
A senior man and junior man at a bar is seen as mentoring.
一位高層男性和一位基層男性坐在酒吧里可以被看作是導師與被指導者；
A senior man and a junior woman at a bar can also be mentoring ... but it looks like dating.
一位高層男性與一位基層女性坐在酒吧里也可以被看作是導師與被指導者……但他們看上去更像是在約會。
This interpretation holds women back and creates a double bind.
這樣的解讀會讓女性退縮，陷入兩難。
If women try to cultivate a close relationship with a male sponsor, they risk being the target of workplace gossip.
如果女性想要與一位男性贊助者發展比較密切的關系，就得面臨被傳出緋聞的風險；
If women try to get to the top without a sponsor's help, their careers will often stall.
如果女性試圖在沒有贊助者支持的情況下進入領導層，事業的發展往往會停滯。
We cannot assume that interactions between men and women have a sexual component.
我們不能預設男女間的交流一定會涉及性問題，
And everyone involved has to make sure to behave professionally so women—and men—feel safe in all settings.
但每個人都必須保證自己行為得體，這樣在任何情況下女性和男性都會感到比較安全。
