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How the Microaggression Drain Undermines Women Careers
Episode 53 of Women at Work with Fexingo. Lucas and Luna explore how subtle, repeated microaggressions — like being interrupted, having your ideas ignored then credited to a man, or being mistaken for a junior employee — create a cognitive and emotional drain that damages women's career momentum. They reference a 2025 study from the University of California Berkeley showing that women in mid-career roles experienced an average of 11 such incidents per week, costing an estimated 20 percent of productive focus time. The hosts discuss how this 'death by a thousand cuts' effect compounds over…
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