Breaking the Cycle: How Women Are Socialized to Defer to Men and the Workplace Impact

Here’s an uncomfortable truth. From an early age, girls are taught—both explicitly and implicitly—that their role is to accommodate, to be agreeable, and to avoid threatening male authority. This socialization follows us into adulthood and manifests in our careers as hesitation, self-doubt, and a tendency to shrink ourselves to make others comfortable. I know this … More Breaking the Cycle: How Women Are Socialized to Defer to Men and the Workplace Impact