patronised – and what it leads to, such as lower pay and worse career prospects.These manifestations of the authority gap are maddening for women.
And, however old or successful we are, they happen all too often. Studies show that women are twice as likely as men to say that they have to prove their competence in the workplace.
They are much more likely than men to say that their expertise is challenged, that they are interrupted or talked over, and that other people take credit for their ideas.Frances Morris, 62, is at the top of the art world, as director of Tate Modern, but that only insulates her when people know what she does.
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