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Ali Joy Amarachi
@jamali
The Silent Price of Being Taken Seriously as a Woman What does it really take for a woman to be heard, respected, or taken seriously? Too confident? You’re "intimidating." Too soft? You’re "not leadership material." Speak up? You’re "difficult." Stay quiet? You’re "not ambitious enough." It’s exhausting. No matter how skilled, experienced, or qualified a woman is, she’s often forced to prove herself over and over again, in rooms where men are given the benefit of the doubt. Competence isn’t enough. A man is assumed capable until he proves otherwise. A woman is assumed incompetent until she proves otherwise repeatedly. The likability trap: Be strong, but not too strong. Assertive, but not "bossy." Friendly, but not "flirty." Every move is judged on an impossible scale.
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Ali Joy Amarachi
@jamali
The cost of speaking up. Challenge a system that wasn’t built for you, and you risk being labeled "difficult" rather than being listened to. The invisible tax: Women spend extra energy calculating every interaction choosing words carefully, managing perceptions, and avoiding backlash for simply existing the way men do. And yet, despite all this, women still rise. They build, lead, and break barriers. But here’s the question: At what cost? How much do women have to shrink, shape-shift, or overcompensate just to be seen as enough? Let’s talk about it. Have you ever felt like you had to do extra just to be taken seriously?
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