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> "When a woman criticizes me, it goes to a different part of my brain than when a man on my team does. I get defensive really quickly."

This point isn't stressed enough. Majority of people treat criticism differently depending on the gender of the source. Other types of interaction are also hugely dependent on gender. We even refer to each other with different pronouns depending on the type of sexual organs our bodies are equipped with. This isn't right.



Anecdata: I'm a man and I get more defensive when men criticize me than when women do.




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