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Hidden Brain

社会科学

2018-03-06

20 分钟
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More women are running for political office than ever before in American history. But in politics and many other fields, women still struggle to attain positions of power. Researchers say they're often trapped in a "double bind" — a series of unconscious, interlocking stereotypes we have about men, women and the nature of leadership. This week, we take a closer look at the double bind as we revisit a favorite episode from October 2016.
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  • This is hidden brain.

  • I'm Shankar Vedanta.

  • Now, in this year, since the Women's March on Washington happened, women have continued to win.

  • The second annual women's march was held in January.

  • For now, we cannot just be loud with our mouths.

  • We must be loud with our votes.

  • Ladies and gentlemen who are with us.

  • The focus was on getting people registered to vote.

  • Everyone who enjoys the privilege of voting.

  • In our elections must do so.

  • We left the House in 2018.

  • Let's get more people in Washington on our side.

  • Right?

  • In the upcoming 2018 midterm elections, there are going to be many women running for political office.

  • According to research from Rutgers University, more than 400 women are estimated to be on the ballot for the US House of Representatives.

  • That's unprecedented.

  • All this made us want to revisit an episode we first aired in October of 2016.

  • If you look at the gender makeup of Congress, youll see that fewer than one in five legislators are women.

  • At Fortune 500 companies, fewer than one in 20 CEO's are women.

  • And look at all the presidents of the United States.