成功女士的着装形象

. . too sexy for my shirt, too sexy for my shirt . .

Can you be too sexy for the job? A new study finds that women who dress more like Hillary Clinton and are more likely to land a job in the corner office compared with somebody says uhh, I dunno, look like Pamela Anderson. Is that fair? Let's ask Ginger¹ Burr, Ginger is the president of Total Image Consultants². She joins us from Boston. Is that true?

Well, to a certain extent, it is, but what we really have to do is look at the word "sexy", it's really provocative³, that we are talking about not sexy. Sexy is a very subjective⁴ term.

And it also makes a difference how high up the corporate⁵ ladder you are, what might be acceptable behaviour for a receptionist or an office assistant isn't the same for a senior VP or a CEO.

Well, it's not really acceptable anyplace, but people who are at the beginning stages of work or in a considered lower-tier job, it's, it's overlooked. It's not expected that they are going to dress in a way that's as appropriate as somebody who is in a high-power position.

So Ginger, what are we saying? In this age of Desperate Housewives where women of any age group are said and almost forced to be very super-sexy, that we don't appreciate or even want the same in corporate America?

Well, we really don't, and to be honest with you, your average woman doesn't really dress like that generally anyway, um, it's, it...but we notice it when a few people do it. But that's the message that we're getting in the media , by celebrities⁶, um, that, putting your body out there is the way to present yourself, and it really doesn't help women at all to get ahead.

All right, so the tip for women who are looking to aspire⁷ to the corner office, guide them on conservative dress, what should first of all they have avoid?

Well, they should've avoid anything that shows too much skin, cleavage, too short, too tight, um, you're not there to flaunt⁸ your body, you're there to work. But we're not talking about clothes that don't fit you properly, that things can be beautifully fitted, the colors can be gorgeous. You do not have to stick to navy blue and gray, but you don't want to be exposing body parts.

Do you think there is a double-standard for men?

Oh, always has been. And may always be. And that's part of what women need to be aware of, is that men can, first of all, dressing⁹ provocatively¹⁰ is generally not an issue for men in the workplace, and they are allowed more leeway in terms of what they can get away with, they can be a little messy, a little sloppy¹¹, a little mismatched, and people who either think it's cute or just kind of overlook it as : '' Oh, they don't know any better, they're just men. " That's not true for women, women are expected from birth to know how to dress themselves, and when they don't, which is totally non, crazy, anyway, then they are, um, looked down on as a result of that, and may not get where they wanna go for something as silly as how they dress.

Ok, Ginger Burr, thank you. Good tips.

Thank you!

1 ginger   

n.姜，精力，淡赤黄色；adj.淡赤黄色的；vt.使活泼，使有生气

参考例句：

• There is no ginger in the young man.这个年轻人没有精神。
• Ginger shall be hot in the mouth.生姜吃到嘴里总是辣的。

2 consultants   

顾问( consultant的名词复数 )； 高级顾问医生，会诊医生

参考例句：

• a firm of management consultants 管理咨询公司
• There're many consultants in hospital. 医院里有很多会诊医生。

3 provocative   

adj.挑衅的，煽动的，刺激的，挑逗的

参考例句：

• She wore a very provocative dress.她穿了一件非常性感的裙子。
• His provocative words only fueled the argument further.他的挑衅性讲话只能使争论进一步激化。

4 subjective   

a.主观(上)的，个人的

参考例句：

• The way they interpreted their past was highly subjective. 他们解释其过去的方式太主观。
• A literary critic should not be too subjective in his approach. 文学评论家的看法不应太主观。

5 corporate   

adj.共同的，全体的；公司的，企业的

参考例句：

• This is our corporate responsibility.这是我们共同的责任。
• His corporate's life will be as short as a rabbit's tail.他的公司的寿命是兔子尾巴长不了。

6 celebrities   

n.（尤指娱乐界的）名人( celebrity的名词复数 )；名流；名声；名誉

参考例句：

• He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
• a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目

7 aspire   

vi.(to，after)渴望，追求，有志于

参考例句：

• Living together with you is what I aspire toward in my life.和你一起生活是我一生最大的愿望。
• I aspire to be an innovator not a follower.我迫切希望能变成个开创者而不是跟随者。

8 flaunt   

vt.夸耀，夸饰

参考例句：

• His behavior was an outrageous flaunt.他的行为是一种无耻的炫耀。
• Why would you flaunt that on a public forum?为什么你们会在公共论坛大肆炫耀？

9 dressing   

n.(食物)调料；包扎伤口的用品，敷料

参考例句：

• Don't spend such a lot of time in dressing yourself.别花那么多时间来打扮自己。
• The children enjoy dressing up in mother's old clothes.孩子们喜欢穿上妈妈旧时的衣服玩。

10 provocatively   

参考例句：

• Democracy or dictatorship, the golden ships still hung in the sky and shone provocatively. 民主也好，独裁也罢，那些金晃晃的飞船依然高悬天际，闪熠发光，向我们挑衅。 来自英汉非文学 - 科幻

11 sloppy   

adj.邋遢的，不整洁的

参考例句：

• If you do such sloppy work again,I promise I'll fail you.要是下次作业你再马马虎虎，我话说在头里，可要给你打不及格了。
• Mother constantly picked at him for being sloppy.母亲不断地批评他懒散。