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When you discover pay inequality but fear confrontation

I found out my male colleague who started after me makes $15k more and I've been rehearsing the conversation with my boss for three weeks but I keep chickening out at her office door.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The gap between knowing your worth and claiming it reveals how deeply we internalize powerlessness.

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