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When the questions get personal By Elaine Moore 字号 背景 HYPERLINK /story/001044835 \o 查看中文译文 中文 HYPERLINK /comments/index/001044835 \o 发表您的观点 评论 HYPERLINK /story/001044835/en/?print=y \o 打印本文 打印 HYPERLINK mailto:@?subject=Recommend%20an%20Article%20to%20youbody=Dear%20Friend,%20%0a%0d%0a%0dI%20saw%20this%20article%20on%20FTC,%20I%20think%20you%20might%20be%20interested:%20%0a%0d%0a%0d/story/001044835%20%0a%0d%0a%0dBest%20Regards,%20%0a%0d \o 电邮给朋友 电邮 HYPERLINK /cached.do?resourceUrl=http%3A%2F%2F%2Fstory%2F001044835%2Fenitemid=-8508186264936786816 \l # \o 加入收藏 收藏 ? Some prominent businesswomen believe they are being asked to disclose more about their personal lives as they climb the career ladder than their male counterparts. One seemingly innocent but frequently asked question illustrates the keen interest in the balance that women have to achieve between their professional and private lives – “how do you make it work?” Campaigners say that this question would hardly ever be put to a man and that it implicitly raises doubts over women’s commitment to their professional lives. Similarly, in a recent interview for FT Executive Appointments, one female chief executive declined to answer questions about her home life, saying her own achievements might then be attributed to having a supportive husband and family – or to being single or childless. Deborah Meaden, the entrepreneur whose profile rose dramatically when she began appearing on the BBC’s popular television show Dragons’ Den, has developed strict boundaries around the parts of her life that she will and will not discuss. “I was fairly nervous about mentioning anything at the start, but I am clear now about what I will and won’t talk about,” she explains. “You will never see a picture of my home, but there are stories that I have decided I don’t mind talking about – like the fact that I keep pigs and sheep. Who my friends are and what I do in my private life is not public information,” she says. But she