Comment on Elizabeth Holmes barred from federal health programs for 90 years

• Nythos@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  She read that women with deeper voices get taken more seriously by people around them and can be seen here messing it up.

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• captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The reason is she got taken more seriously with a deeper voice

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  • DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The goofy thing is that it worked on the boomers.

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  • M137@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    No, the reason is she did it because she read/heard that it would make others take her more seriously. That’s not the same as what you said.

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  • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Well, at least she hoped she would be

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• frunch@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  In the end, that may be what she’s remembered most for

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• TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Our silly monkey brains interpret deeper voices as being more authoritative.

  It’s likely she was taking advantage of that human quirk to make her seem, on a subconscious level, like a better businessperson.

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