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Why Some Women Minimize Femininity at Work

I'm the only woman on the engineering team and I've started dressing more masculine because I'm tired of standing out.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Gender-based professional challenges can lead to strategic identity modification that feels like self-betrayal.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Professional identity and its limits?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.