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1、Sexism in English日常英文中涉及的性别歧视词In countries like the US and UK, where political correctness and gender equality are a big deal, its often difficult to describe women. If you dont pay close attention, you can come off as impolite, or even worse if you are a man 一 a sexist jerk.Facebook COO Sheryl Sand

2、bergs ban bossy” campaign intends to show people that it is unfair to use the word “bossy“ to describe women who aspire to take up leadership roles at work.In and outside of work life, there are many other words that have sexist undertones. One of these words is “feisty”.“Feisty“ is often used to de

3、scribe a lively woman with the implication that she is aggressive and gets on peoples nerves.UK actress Daisy Lewis plays an out-spoken feminist teacher in the hit TV series Downton Abbey. While Lewis admits her character is courageous and unconventional, she does not want to be described as “feisty

4、”.In a recent interview with UK newspaper Daily Mail, she said: Teisty? My least favorite word. Have you heard a male character described as feisty? I think not.”Kudos to Lewis who “has uncovered yet another word that shows the vocabulary gender divide and a wider level of everyday sexism, says a co

5、lumn from UK newspaper The Telegraph.“Feisty，like “bossy，is one of these words that once had the same meaning for both men and women, but evolved to mean something usually negative when applied to women.译文：在英美等国，政治正确与性别平等都是头等大事。用正确的词汇描述女性并非易 事，如果你不够谨慎，轻者将被视为无礼，重者（如果你是男性）则会被当做歧 视女性的蠢货。Facebook首席运营官谢丽

6、尔桑德博格就发起了“禁用七。ssyY独断专横）”的运 动，因为用这个词来形容有领导能力的女性并不公平。不论是在工作中，还是在生活里，还有很多英文单词隐含性别歧视的意味，“feisty （好争辩）”就是其中之一。“Feisty”常用来形容活力四射的女性，但暗含“强势、令人心烦”之意。英国演员黛西刘易斯在热剧唐顿庄园中饰演了一位心直口快的女教师，刘 易斯认为自己的角色颇具胆量，并颠覆了传统观念，但她并不喜欢用“feisty”来形 容这一角色。在最近接受英国每日邮报的采访时，刘易斯说：“feisty是我最不喜欢听到 的词。你有听说过哪个男人的性格被形容为feisty么？我猜没有吧”英国每日电讯报在一

7、篇专栏文章中称赞道：刘易斯又发现了一个带有性别歧 视的词汇。Feisty争强好胜和“bossy”一样，“feisty”曾同时用于形容男性和女性，含义并无差别，但随着它 更多用于女性之后就含有了贬义。基金行业性别歧视严重One in five women in asset management has suffered sexual harassment at work, according to an FTfm survey of 730 fund industry staff, which shows that sexism continues to plague the market.Th

8、e global survey of both men and women found that another third of female asset management staff had experienced sexist behaviour at work on a weekly or monthly basis.The findings cast doubt on the common assumption that asset management represents the softer side of financial services. According to

9、figures published in October by diversity campaign group Opportunity Now, a little more than a 10th of women working across banking and financial services said they had suffered sexual harassment. Saker Nusseibeh, chief executive of Hermes Investment Management, said the FTfm findings were of enormo

10、us concern. Making the workplace an unwelcoming environment for 50 per cent of the possible talent pool is value destructive and stupid.”The Financial Times distributed the survey to fund staff through emails, its website and industry associations.The results revealed deep mistrust about companies5

11、whistleblowing channels and how complaints are dealt with.A female hedge fund employee, who said she was sexually assaulted by a senior banker who worked with her company, did not report the incident to her managers out of fear that it could damage her career. uNo one wants to be the girl that screa

12、ms,she said.译文：根据英国金融时报基金管理(FTfm)专刊针对730名基金行业员工的一项调 查，该行业每5名女性中就有一名在工作中遭受过性骚扰。调查显示，性别歧视 在该行业仍大量存在。这项针对资产管理行业男女员工的全球调查发现，另有三分之一的女性员工在工 作中每周或每月会遭遇性别歧视行为。这些调查发现令人质疑这样一种普遍看法：即资产管理代表着金融服务业较为柔 和的一面。根据多元化运动组织Opportunity Now在10月公布的数据，银行和 金融服务业略超过十分之一的女性员工表示，她们遭受过性骚扰。Hermes Investment Management首席执行官萨克努赛贝(Saker Nusseibeh)表示，英国 金融时报基金管理专刊的调查结果令人“深感忧虑。让潜在人才库中的50% 人群的工作场所变成一个不受欢迎的环境，是对价值的毁灭，极为愚蠢。” 英国金融时报通过电邮、网站和行业协会，面向基金业员工进行了这项调查。 调查结果显示出，人们对公司的举报渠道和处理投诉方法极不信任。一位对冲基金女员工表示，她曾受到所在公司一位高级银行家的性骚扰，但她没 有将此事报告给顶头上司，担心那可能损害自己的职业前途。她表示：“没有人 想当大声疾呼的女生。”