職場(chǎng)女性都在討論玻璃屋頂，說(shuō)得不到公平的升遷機(jī)會(huì)?？墒牵齻兛赡軟](méi)有意識(shí)到，這些障礙可能恰恰來(lái)自她們的女上司。有研究表明，很多位高權(quán)重的女性都不太愿意看到女下屬升職。這種現(xiàn)象叫做“蜂王綜合征”。

Queen bee syndrome was first defined by G.L. Staines, T.E. Jayaratne, and C. Tavris in 1973. It describes a woman in a position of authority who views or treats subordinates more critically if they are female. This phenomenon has been documented by several studies. Scientists from the University of Toronto speculated that the queen bee syndrome may be the reason that women find it more stressful to work for women managers; no difference was found in stress levels for male workers.

蜂王綜合征（queen bee syndrome）一詞最初由斯泰恩斯、賈亞拉特納和塔佛瑞斯在1973年定義，指處于領(lǐng)導(dǎo)地位的女性對(duì)女下屬更為嚴(yán)苛。這種現(xiàn)象在多個(gè)研究中均有記載。多倫多大學(xué)的科學(xué)家猜測(cè)，蜂王綜合征可能是女員工在女領(lǐng)導(dǎo)手下工作壓力更大的原因，而男員工的壓力水平則未見(jiàn)因領(lǐng)導(dǎo)性別不同而有變化。

Recent research has postulated that queen bee syndrome may be a product of certain cultural influences, especially those related to the modern workplace. Although significant steps have been made towards gender equality in most modern workplaces, research shows that, on average, women are still paid less than and achieve fewer promotions than their male counterparts. Based on these statistics, researchers have hypothesized that queen bee syndrome may be developed by women who have achieved high workplace positions within their respective fields as a way to defend against any gender bias found in their cultures. By opposing any attempts of subordinates of their own sex to advance in career paths, women with queen bee syndrome hope to fit in with their male counterparts by adhering to the cultural stigmas placed on gender in the workplace. (Source: Wikipedia)

近期已有研究假設(shè)蜂王綜合征可能是某些文化影響的產(chǎn)物，尤其在現(xiàn)代職場(chǎng)中。雖然現(xiàn)代職場(chǎng)已在性別平等方面有了很明顯的進(jìn)步，不過(guò)有研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，平均來(lái)說(shuō)，女性的收入和獲得升職的機(jī)會(huì)仍少于男性。在這些數(shù)據(jù)的基礎(chǔ)上，研究人員猜測(cè)，蜂王綜合征可能是在各自領(lǐng)域取得較高職場(chǎng)地位的女性用以抵抗她們所處文化中任何形式性別歧視的武器。患有蜂王綜合征的女性通過(guò)阻止同性下屬升遷這樣的職場(chǎng)文化惡習(xí)來(lái)使自己更好地融入同一級(jí)別的男同事當(dāng)中。

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