Step into the Spotlight
Women at Work
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Is Self Promotion Making Other People Feel Bad?
i think there's a sense that when you're not adhering to the gender norms, that you're somehow being aggressive or assertive. So i think that's one, it does feel like a violation of the norm so it feels like a conflict. The second is, i think there's sometimes a notion that visibility is a limited resource and therefore can be set up as a fight. But my experience is that, ou know, about sharing the spotlight with others, it doesn't have to be aggressive. It does not have to be a finite resource. Sometimes promotions and raises might be finite, but visibility doesn't need to be.
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