Ever caught yourself saying, “Oh, it’s nothing, I just stay home with the kids”? Or brushed off a big work win with, “It was mostly luck, honestly”? Maybe you’ve looked at another woman juggling it all and thought, “I could never do that—I’m just not that kind of woman.” We say these things lightly, almost automatically. But beneath the self-deprecating humor and modesty, there’s often something deeper at play: a quiet, inherited belief that taking up space—as a woman, a mot...
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