I tell those kind of people that they are single handedly contributing to a (perceived or real) wage gap. I coach women that are afraid of being perceived as t

I tell those kind of people that they are single handedly contributing to a (perceived or real) wage gap. I coach women that are afraid of being perceived as too assertive in their own organization that their competition got kicked out of organizations for being too cocky until finally landing a high level position where they needed to “make the tough decisions”. The competition doesn't care about losing or being married to a single organization. This all ties into the breadth of choices some people are willing to perceive and entertain.