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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."
在許多傳統(tǒng)機構(gòu)里，女性偶爾取得成功并不是因為她們敢于表達自己的意見，而是因為她們懂得如何融入環(huán)境，更通俗地講，是因為她們已成為男性的“好哥們兒之一”。
One veteran banking executive told me that she wore her hair in a bun for ten years because she did not want anyone to notice she was a woman.
第一個進入商業(yè)世界的女性盤了10年發(fā)髻，因為她不想讓任何人注意到她是女人。
While styles have relaxed, women still worry about sticking out too much.
后來女性在穿著風(fēng)格上漸漸放松了，但仍然會擔(dān)心自己的外表太引人注意。
I know an engineer at a tech start-up who removes her earrings before going to work so coworkers won't be reminded that she is — shhh! — not a man.
我認(rèn)識一位女性，她在一家剛創(chuàng)立的科技公司做工程師，每天上班前她都會拿掉耳環(huán)，這樣同事們就不會注意到她（噓……）不是一個男人。
Early in my career, my gender was rarely noted (except for the occasional client who wanted to fix me up with his son).
在我事業(yè)的早期，很少有人會注意到我的性別（除了偶爾有客戶想撮合我和他的兒子），
Manly suits were no longer in fashion, and I neither hid nor emphasized femininity.
男性化的職業(yè)套裝不再流行，我既不會隱藏也不會強調(diào)自己的女性特征。
I have never reported directly to a woman — not once in my entire career.
我從來沒遇到過一位女性頂頭上司——工作這么多年來一直都沒有。
There were higher-level women at the places I worked, but I wasn't close enough to see how they dealt with this issue on a daily basis.
我周圍當(dāng)然有許多能力很強的女人，但我沒有機會近距離觀察她們怎么在日常生活中處理這些問題。
I was never invited to attend a single meeting that discussed gender, and there were no special programs for women that I can recall.
我從來沒有受邀參加一個討論性別問題的會議，也想不起來有什么特別針對女性的項目。
That all seemed fine. We were fitting in, and there was no reason to call attention to ourselves.
一切都看起來都很好，我們努力地適應(yīng)環(huán)境，沒有理由讓別人注意到自己。
