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Key takeaways from Stop Telling Women They Have Imposter Syndrome

For many women, feeling like an outsider isn’t an illusion — it’s the result of systemic bias and exclusion. Open at source

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Imposter syndrome took a fairly universal feeling of discomfort, second-guessing, and mild anxiety in the workplace and pathologized it, especially for women.
“Who is deemed ‘professional’ is an assessment process that’s culturally biased and skewed,”
We often falsely equate confidence — most often, the type demonstrated by white male leaders — with competence and leadership. Employees who can’t (or won’t) conform to male-biased social styles are told they have imposter syndrome.
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