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A young girl raises her hand in class to answer the teacher’s question. She loudly says the right answer but hears somebody call her a “know-it-all” and sees someone else roll (滚动) his eyes. She doesn’t feel comfortable enough to speak up again because confident woman are thought to be “bossy (专横的)”.

The stereotype (成见) that confident men are leaders and confident women are bossy gave rise to the 2014 “Ban Bossy” campaign (“禁用专横”运动). This campaign encourages young girls to become leaders and stay confident in the face of being called “bossy”.

Laila Farah, from DePaul University, US, says she believes this stereotype comes from history. “There is an old idea that girls are not as clever as boys,” Farah says. “There is also another very old idea that women act according to their feelings.”

“Gender (性别) stereotypes come from nearly everywhere,” Farah says. “It’s is learned when people were babies, from the toys chosen, to saying girls aren’t good at math.”

In a study done by the Girls Leadership Institute, many girls said that the biggest thing holding them back from taking part in class was getting judged (评判). Girls learn to keep their ideas and leadership skills to themselves.

Maybe instead of never using the word bossy, we need to forget the idea that being bossy is a bad thing. At the end of the day, bossy people get the job done.

1．Which of the following shows the gender stereotypes from someone in class?

A．Speaking up again.

B．Rolling one’s eyes.

C．Raising one’s hand.

D．Answering the question.

2．The 2014 “Ban Bossy” campaign was held to encourage young girls to ________.

A．believe in themselves	B．try knowing everything
C．think about themselves	D．enjoy something comfortable

3．In Farah’s opinion, gender stereotypes started ________.

A．before girls learnt math	B．before girls went to school
C．when people were babies	D．when people played with toys

4．According to the study done by the Girls Leadership Institute, girls ________.

A．can be really good leaders	B．can understand the biggest thing
C．are too confident to be leaders	D．are easy enough to get judged

5．The writer seems to think that gender stereotypes are ________.

A．cruel

B．unfair

C．impossible

D．acceptable