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How social conditioning affects economic outcomes

My coworker and I do identical work but she negotiated a higher salary because she learned it was acceptable to ask, and now I know that being agreeable cost me thousands of dollars a year.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Gender socialization creates behavioral patterns that translate directly into financial disadvantage through seemingly neutral processes like salary negotiation.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

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