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Emancipate Your Mind: 089: Combatting Learned Voicelessness

Do you ever find yourself wanting to speak up, to change something about your life for the better, but find the words getting stuck in your throat?

Do you ever notice yourself ignoring parts of yourself to make other people comfortable in an attempt to preserve a relationship?

This episode focuses on some of the reasons we may have learned to silence our voice and some questions we can ask ourselves to begin to feel confident speaking up.

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RESOURCES

Alfadhli, Dena. “My Experience with Gender Roles and Fragile Femininity”. October 7, 2018. HerCampus.com at Boston University.

“Attitudes and Gender Communication”. LumenLearning.com

Bordalo, Pedro et al. “Beliefs About Gender”. August, 2018. Academic Paper.

Cooks-Campbell, Allaya. “Speaking Up For Yourself Is Important- 11 Steps To Get It Right”. May 20, 2021. BetterUp.com

Fisman, Ray. “An Economist Goes To a Bar- And Solves The Mystery of Dating”. November 7, 2007. Slate.com Business Section

Galinsky, Adam. “How to Speak Up When You Feel Like You Can’t”. December 1, 2016. TEDx New York. YouTube.

Gerdiman, Dina. “How Gender Stereotypes Kill a Woman’s Self-Confidence”. February 25, 2019. Harvard Business School.

Joshi, Ritika. “Why Are Women Slut Shamed When They Speak Up?” February 5, 2021. SheThePeople.com

Lange, Allison. “21 Characteristics of a Good Mom”. March 17, 2022. Organized Motherhood.com

Mayer, David M. “How Men Get Penalized for Straying from Masculine Norms”. October 08, 2018. Harvard Business Review.

Morris, Amelia. “Good Girls vs. Bad Girls: Exploring the Representations of Female Sexuality on ITV’s Love Island”. University of Birmingham.

Parker-Pope, Tera. “When Silence Isn’t Golden”. October 2, 2007. The New York Times.

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