Why Women Are More Susceptible to Impostor Syndrome

A significantly higher number of women suffer from intense and at times debilitating self-doubt due to a phenomenon called “impostor syndrome”. If you’ve ever had the feeling that you’re not really good at all and you’ve just somehow fooled everyone to think you are, then you might be suffering from impostor syndrome.

But as Yomi Adegoke writes for The Guardian, it’s not your fault. Instead:

It is crucial to remember that women are not born feeling less-than. But if you are continually treated as though you are, you eventually internalise it. 

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Read the source article at theguardian.com