I am once again angry about gender
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Replying to @GeniesLoki
Just pondering what I have to do to not worry about not getting taken seriously at work
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Replying to @captain_mrs @GeniesLoki
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In my experience, confident language is much more important than actual competence. My natural tendency is to seek harmony and make sure everyone is happy and understood, which many people (esp men) read as being uncertain and confused.https://twitter.com/made_in_cosmos/status/1324008485508571136?s=20 …
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Made in Cosmos 💫 @made_in_cosmosReplying to @liminal_warmthWhen I first started working in IT, people would question my skills & knowledge all the time. This hasn't happened even once in the last few years, and I think the difference is due to a shift in my language that signals competence in a way that's understood by most men.1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes -
Replying to @made_in_cosmos @captain_mrs
yeah, although annoyingly I think they *don't* tend to read it that way when a (sufficiently assumed-competent?) man does it.
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Replying to @GeniesLoki @captain_mrs
Yeah, sufficiently assumed competent is key. If people see you as competent, caring of others only comes as a bonus. Women often need to put in a lot of work to be seen as competent, but a large part of it is undoing all that internalized programming.
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Yeah. I wonder if there's a threshold of confidence where things flip and people will treat you with enough presumed competence that you can do this without it being read as uncertainty, or whether sexism remains why we can't have nice things even at that point.
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Replying to @GeniesLoki @captain_mrs
This has certainly been my experience. As a 22yo fresh out of college I was constantly challenged by both coworkers and clients. Now I am the one who jumps in when clients call someone an incompetent idiot and brings that peacefully to resolution.
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