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From the Ted Talk by Yassmin Abdel-Magied: What does my headscarf mean to you?

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And, you know, it's interesting, there's some rseaerch that talks about why this is the case and it's called the merit paradox. And in onzaigonartis — and this is kind of iionrc — in organizations that talk about merit being their prraimy value-driver in terms of who they hire, they were more likely to hire dudes and more likely to pay the guys more because alnrpatpey merit is a mucslnaie quality. But, hey.

So you guys think you've got a good read on me, you kinda think you know what's up. Can you imagine me running one of these? Can you imagine me walking in and being like, "Hey boys, this is what's up. This is how it's done." Well, I'm glad you can. (Applause) Because ladies and gentlemen, that's my day job. And the cool thing about it is that it's pretty ettnniinraeg. Actually, in places like Malaysia, Muslim women on rigs isn't even comment-worthy. There are that many of them. But, it is entertaining.

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And, you know, it's interesting, there's some ________ that talks about why this is the case and it's called the merit paradox. And in _____________ — and this is kind of ______ — in organizations that talk about merit being their _______ value-driver in terms of who they hire, they were more likely to hire dudes and more likely to pay the guys more because __________ merit is a _________ quality. But, hey.

So you guys think you've got a good read on me, you kinda think you know what's up. Can you imagine me running one of these? Can you imagine me walking in and being like, "Hey boys, this is what's up. This is how it's done." Well, I'm glad you can. (Applause) Because ladies and gentlemen, that's my day job. And the cool thing about it is that it's pretty ____________. Actually, in places like Malaysia, Muslim women on rigs isn't even comment-worthy. There are that many of them. But, it is entertaining.

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  1. apparently
  2. primary
  3. organizations
  4. ironic
  5. entertaining
  6. masculine
  7. research

Original Text


And, you know, it's interesting, there's some research that talks about why this is the case and it's called the merit paradox. And in organizations — and this is kind of ironic — in organizations that talk about merit being their primary value-driver in terms of who they hire, they were more likely to hire dudes and more likely to pay the guys more because apparently merit is a masculine quality. But, hey.

So you guys think you've got a good read on me, you kinda think you know what's up. Can you imagine me running one of these? Can you imagine me walking in and being like, "Hey boys, this is what's up. This is how it's done." Well, I'm glad you can. (Applause) Because ladies and gentlemen, that's my day job. And the cool thing about it is that it's pretty entertaining. Actually, in places like Malaysia, Muslim women on rigs isn't even comment-worthy. There are that many of them. But, it is entertaining.

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