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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One example of the monologue in action for me is in workplace feedback.

When I started working (big tech), I often was told I had “pointy elbows” or needed to “soften my tone.” I have always been direct but no more so than men I work with. I’ve never heard that same feedback lobbied at a man but have heard it many times towards women. On the other hand, I have also heard many women described during the performance review process as needing to be more assertive… seems there is a perfect balance point for women that doesn’t exist for men.

There was a report issued by McKinsey a few years ago that described this phenomenon in more detail, summary here:

https://www.betterup.com/blog/performance-reviews-and-gender-bias?hs_amp=true

Maybe you haven’t explicitly felt this OP, but there are definitely still societal pressures put on women in the workplace [/quote]

It’s amazing the bias at work.

My boss told me I needed to soften my tone in meetings. He asked how I received that feedback and I told him I didn’t plan to change and I’d share an article with him on why he judged my assertiveness so harshly and might want to change his perspective. lol, he retired the next year and I got a promotion. OTOH, I found people with previous military experience did not perceive directness as aggressiveness. 1/2 our staff is former military (cyber tends to lean heavy on former military)

Here is an article on what happened when a man pretended to be a woman for 2 weeks in email.

https://www.newsweek.com/male-and-female-coworkers-switched-email-signatures-faced-sexism-566507[/quote]

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