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When claiming professional presence through naming feels foreign

I started going by my full name instead of a nickname at work and people keep commenting on how formal I sound now.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Simple acts of self-presentation can reveal how much space women are expected to minimize.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Femininity — constructed and contested?”

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