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Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office: 101 Unconscious Mistakes Women Make ....

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Marge_Innavera:

--- Quote from: serious crayons on November 22, 2008, 12:56:47 pm ---In Susan Estrich's Sex and Power, which I read when it came out in 2001, I recall her making the case that much sex discrimination today is unconsciously perpetrated by educated men who would be horrified to think of themselves as sexist. But they pass over individual women for hiring or promotion based on typically female behavioral traits like this -- the use of rising inflections, qualifying statements, etc.

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I've no doubt about that.  However, women interested in public speaking should probably pay attention to such habits -- they're a reflection of the generations of training that steers women away from being to assertive.

Kelda:
I've been really busy so not had a chance to read any more - plan to try this week.

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