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1. Certain personality traits are perceived differently between a man and a woman. A man can be forceful and direct, and that is seen as a good thing .. Women can be perceived as b*tchy. Women have to be more persuasive and less demanding.
However, I've used this to my advantage, as my learned collaboration, interpersonal skills, and relationship building really help me become a more effective PM.
2. Even though I was often the smartest person in the room, and killing it at my current job, the organization was very content with just keeping me in my current role, and didn't see me as a contender for other opportunities. Leadership and c suite are all males, no women advocates or role models. In retrospect, I should push more to be my own advocate and recognize that I am capable of more, and still run circles around the others.
I feel like I get talked down to or not listened to as much as if I were a white man. Also people have just automatically expected me to be the note taker in meetings just because I am a woman. I don’t ever see men offering to take notes or being asked to either. And I see men fast tracked all the time for promotions and better opportunities. Whereas women may work harder and do more but not be recognized or rewarded for their efforts. I could go on…
Sometimes, I feel like I'm not taken as seriously. I also have issues with being too leniant. That's something I still need to work on.
I have a hard time getting a word in at meetings. I don’t think any one means to do it, but a higher pitched voice seems to be easily overtaken by a lower pitched voice, and the men are often not aware enough to realize they did it and pause/apologize.
Precovid, I’d just increase my volume until the male talker noticed. Since that’s imposssible to do on virtual meetings, I now use the chat/emoji to ‘raise hand’ until it’s been there awkwardly long and all the men look embarrassed. Do that in a few meetings and they start to ease off a little.
I look younger than I am which you’d think would be a good thing, but I find myself slipping in comments about something that happened 16 years ago to prove that I’m 40 and not 28. I find people think that I’m the junior person on the team until they work with me closely.
Misogyny from male product managers