1. This double standard is only one of the barriers that female executives face, as recounted in “Power Moms”, a new book by Joann Lublin, a former Wall Street Journal columnist.

double standard 双重标准

We cannot have a double standard where we say everybody else must play by the rules, but we do not need to.

我们不能采用双重标准，即要求别人必须按章行事而我们自己却不必如此k_~-odA[K%。

2. They faced a lot of pressure to be hands-on mothers, had little support from their husbands and were reluctant to ask for reduced schedules for fear of not seeming committed to their jobs.

for fear of 因为害怕

They did not want to give evidence for fear of reprisals.

他们因为害怕报复而不想作证b87TvqHW8~。

3. This later generation has mastered the “work-life sway” in which they move back and forth between their personal and professional lives in the course of a day

in the course of 在…过程中；在…期间

In the course of my everyday life, I had very little contact with teenagers.

在我的日常生活中，我很少和青少年打交道9TR~31WY3;Q#_-|s^Gc_。