Social media including professional platforms like dinner is probably the primary one but also Facebook and Instagram can really act as a trigger for imposter syndrome. Many aspects of our patriarchal society have led women to experience self-doubt in their professional lives more which is what many people see as a criteria for imposter Syndrome. It's important to realize up until about 80 years ago professional environments were pretty hostile to the idea of including women in a high up or in an advanced way. We do often falsely equate confidence most often the type demonstrated by white male leaders with competence and leadership so employees who can't or perhaps won't conform to these male bias social styles are told that they have imposter syndrome because they