• Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech
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    20 hours ago

    It’s exactly that is why they’re kept down. Tiny men are afraid that they won’t seem as smart as the woman in the room.

    As a man, I try to be different. I mentor the women around me and encourage them to do more, be better. I successfully got one of my mentee to negotiate her salary just yesterday even though she felt uncomfortable doing so. Try to be the change we need

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      19 hours ago

      I don’t mentor anybody. I am not smarter than anybody and frankly I am always learning from everybody, at all levels of experience.

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        19 hours ago

        Never claimed to be smarter than anyone, but if you’re experienced then people look up to you. A little bit of encouragement can go a long way. Like my story, all I did was nudge her to negotiate, and she felt the confidence to do so.