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There's a difference between saying "I don't want to ask for more", and simply not even thinking to do it or being raised in a society where it doesn't even occ

There's a difference between saying "I don't want to ask for more", and simply not even thinking to do it or being raised in a society where it doesn't even occur to her that she might be able to do so. That's kinda the important theme behind socially trained behaviors like this.

lusr 15y ago
This is precisely the problem for a lot of people. I know plenty of guys who don't think to do this, and I used to be one of them (presumably because of subconscious beliefs that people 'should' be fair). In the past 16 months I've increased my income by 2.5x AND now receive overtime pay after quitting my original job having been told I was receiving "market-related" rates.