The Authority Gap by Mary Ann Sieghart review – mocked, patronised and still paid less than men

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to mock
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drwić
patronising
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protekcjonalny
to draw on
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czerpać, opierać się na
to belittle
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umniejszać
infancy
Drawing on a wealth of research, Sieghart explores the unconscious bias that belittles and undermines half the population from infancy – and how it can be overcome
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niemowlęctwo
insidious
The authority gap is more insidious and harder to calculate
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podstępny
ingrained
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zakorzeniony, wrośnięty
pervasive
She (...) analyse and deconstruct this pervasive underestimation of women’s competence
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rozpowszechniony, szerzący się (na p)
eminent
eminent women
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wybitny
merit
Sieghart considers whether there could be any merit in the idea that women are “naturally” less well suited to leadership
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zasługa, zaleta
briskly
briskly debunks this
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raźnie, żwawo
debunks
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obalać
to deter
Girls report feeling deterred from pursuing a subject or career
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powstrzymać
to unpick
As she begins to unpick this social conditioning, it becomes clear how deep-rooted and self-perpetuating the problem is
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rozpakowywać
self-perpetuating
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samonapędzający się
neat
Boys are rewarded for pushing themselves forward and calling out, girls for being neat and quiet
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schludny
inquiry
Sieghart’s field of inquiry is broad
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śledztwo
to shunt out
Older women are quietly shunted out of the public eye as their expertise increases
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wyrzucić
intersection
The many ways in which bias against women intersects with prejudices of class, race and disability.
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skrzyżowanie
anguish
Anticipating the anguish women readers will feel, Sieghart’s final chapter is titled No Need to Despair
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boleść, udręka
despair
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rozpacz
impassioned
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namiętny
meticulously
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skrupulatnie

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