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Why Women Stay Out of the Spotlight at Work

Harvard Business Review

Yet when women try to make themselves more visible, they can face backlash for violating expectations about how women should behave, and risk losing their hard-won career gains. The majority of women in our study were white and college-educated, and two-thirds were parents. How do women navigate this no-win situation? to find out.

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Why Women Stay Out of the Spotlight at Work

Harvard Business Review

Yet when women try to make themselves more visible, they can face backlash for violating expectations about how women should behave, and risk losing their hard-won career gains. The majority of women in our study were white and college-educated, and two-thirds were parents. How do women navigate this no-win situation? to find out.