I subconsciously think that in any interaction with a man, I’m taking up valuable time I’m not worthy of. I’m not alone in this. All my girlfriends have dealt with these thoughts and I’m sick of it! Women have to stop apologizing for things they don’t need to apologize for. A guy bumps into us, we apologize. In a pitch meeting, a man cuts us off while we’re talking, and we say, “Sorry. You were speaking. Go ahead.” Society conditions women to believe that their baseline for operating ought to be gratitude. Not gratitude as in appreciating being alive and healthy, but gratitude as in, “You
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