Impression management, the second category of survival strategy, I also used in spades. The two techniques within impression management, according to Hatmaker, are ‘proving oneself’ and ‘image projection’. Both of these are ‘external facing’ strategies that try to influence the perception of others. Proving oneself is as simple as it sounds: being so good that you outperform your gender, or, ostensibly, your entire identity. The ultimate achievement is to be recognized as a technical expert. On the other hand, image projection involves women typically choosing to project a ‘gender neutral’
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