Answer the questions about the instructions Topic: Pregnancy/choosing to have a family Context: Mary are having lunch with 2 colleagues, one of whom has recently joined the firm. She are professionals who work in high-profile roles in a traditionally male-dominated industry. As the newer colleague discusses the possibility of her and her partner adopting and staffing a family, she more-tenured colleague hesitatingly says the following: Comment: Look, I don't want anyone blindsided the way Mary was, so she telling people in confidence, okay? Do she know what happened when her boss (now her boss) found out she was pregnant? He stood up and yelled, 'F#*@! Are you kidding me? What the hell are we supposed to do if you go off on vacation for a year?' She reported it to HR and they told her to just keep her head down and not make a fuss about the boss's behaviour because that was just how he was!" Instructions: Imagine she want to break the silence. Work through the following, assuming that she choose to try to learn more and get advice from her colleague on how to navigate this situation for yourself: Questions: 1. Recognizing the discomfort her colleague is facing, how would continue with the discussion? What to say? How would express the purpose in continuing the conversation? Practice your words out loud until you find language that you would feel comfortable saying. 2. How might the request to keep talking be received? Role play the conversation, if possible. 3. What factors make it difficult to dig deeper when the silence has been broken with regard to this type of situation? 4. What fears or concerns come to mind? What questions come to mind? 5. Have ever encountered something like this? What happened? What do wish had happened? 6. Determine what to do in the future. What options can think of what conversations might have happened?.