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When feedback reveals impossible standards for women's behavior

I got feedback that I need to be more confident but when I speak up more I'm told I'm being difficult and I can't figure out what they actually want from me.

Juana
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The coach is replying

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Contradictory professional feedback exposes how women navigate narrow bands of acceptable behavior that shift based on others' comfort levels.

Ideas that help explain it
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