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Katty Kay

Profession : Journalist

Birth : November 14, 1964

Every woman dreams of a workplace where her boss doesn't suggest they grab a drink after work, where there isn't that colleague you'd just rather not get stuck in the office with alone and where your job prospects don't depend, however subtly, on whether you put up with lascivious comments from a man who has power over you.

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I honestly do not know a woman, in any profession, at any level, who has not at some point, often at many points, had to repudiate the unwanted advances of a man they've worked with or for. We shouldn't have to.

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I grew up in the Middle East where my mother, who also worked as a journalist, had to wear long dresses with long sleeves every time she left the house.

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There is a lot of research out there, which shows that when women behave like men they are penalized for it. Both socially and professionally.

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Confidence is very simple. It is the stuff that turns thoughts into action. Thoughts without action are pretty useless.

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If we can bring our perception of our ability in line with our actual ability then we have the capacity to be authentic. Then we can accept we are as good as we really are.

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The other day I noticed my 12-year-old daughter was getting stressed about a grade she was due on a science test. The grade came back and it was absolutely fine but she felt it wasnt good enough. That was my red alert for this issue of perfectionism.

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I've always prided myself on embracing the concept that almost no-one is indispensible, certainly not a news reporter.

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It's a ridiculous function of modern work life that we can't just be sick, we then have to beat ourselves up about being sick.

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America is learning the art of humility. That's a good thing for the rest of the world.

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A visit to the White House is a coup for any foreign leader, it's a useful weapon of soft power.

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History reminds us, however, that good doesn't always prevail. Not against Russia anyway.

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Donald Trump and Boris Johnson, the leader of the Leave campaign, have tapped into a similar public mood of disgruntlement. On both sides of the Atlantic, a lot of people feel they've been handed a bad deal.

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Economists argue about the relative impact of immigrants versus robots on wage stagnation - voters don't care much. They blame immigrants. It's easier to get mad at a person from Macedonia or Mexico, taking your job than it is to get mad at a piece of technology from Silicon Valley.

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Working men, in particular, face a world they did not expect, jobs are hard to find and pay badly meaning they often can't provide single-handedly for their families, as their fathers and grandfathers did. That alone causes a loss of pride.

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Politicians live in mortal terror of ever saying they are sorry about anything, because that would suggest they have been wrong. It is often a trait of powerful people not to want to be seen to back down.

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Every man who has a sister, mother, wife, girlfriend or even a random female in their life who they've spent more than three minutes with knows that telling a woman they've gained weight is just never going to go down well.

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No woman likes to be told her own weight is a problem and most women don't really like men telling other women that their weight is a problem either.

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Weight is an intensely personal, sensitive and often tricky issue for women and it is something women talk about a lot among themselves, usually with empathy and support.

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In normal circumstances, if you want a job done well, you chose someone with experience doing that job.

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