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The Pitt News

The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

Opinion | The feminine urge to apologize

Opinion | The feminine urge to apologize

By Grace Harris, Staff Columnist March 21, 2024
It is almost as if “sorry” is the default response for women. They apologize for having emotions and showing them, for asking a valid question and for walking in the same direction as someone in the store, they apologize for their failures and their successes.
Opinion | Women in academia need to get aggressive

Opinion | Women in academia need to get aggressive

By Dalia Maeroff, Senior Staff Columnist June 22, 2021
All those qualities academia values in men — ambition, competitiveness, confidence, leadership and aggressiveness — are all qualities that women desperately need to adopt and own in academic spaces.
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