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How the Office Banter Tax Wears Women Down
Episode 34 of Women at Work with Fexingo examines a subtle but chronic drain on women's workplace energy: the banter tax. Lucas and Luna dig into a 2025 study from Georgetown's McDonough School of Business that tracked 1,400 women across six industries and found they spend an average of 9 minutes per meeting deciphering or deflecting informal male-dominated humor — adding up to nearly 40 hours a year of cognitive overhead. The hosts walk through a detailed case from a mid-size Chicago tech firm, where a senior engineer named Priya described running a constant 'translation layer' between…
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