In my workshops with undergraduate women, I am direct with students about the cost women pay for being too assertive. I encourage students to role-play asking a hallmate to turn down her music while smiling. I urge them to smile in order to take the edge off of a polite request others might interpret as rude. I advise some organizational leaders to soften their tone when they direct subordinates, by including phrases like, It would be great if you could or Would you mind... This kind of work can be particularly valuable for young women of color, whose assertiveness is regularly misinterpreted as aggression. UGH
Posted on: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 18:41:21 +0000
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