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This situation is extremely sad because the whole "have the confidence of a medicine white man" thing is a common slogan used by feminists to try to combat the general lower levels of self-confidence among women.

I guess you yourself repeating the same woke quite took away the uniqueness of the idea as it would be articulated by a non privledged individual.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-15/carry-yourself-with-t...

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I made a successful complaint to my HR department when someone used that very phrase. I very much agreed with the part of the person's intent to support and embolden the woman. But it's not OK to attack other people in the effort to support someone. Why not say something positive like "other people can do it, so can you"?

What was the outcome of your complaint to the HR department?

I’m also curious what a successful complaint means? Did the other person have to go through mandatory education?

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