Woman calls out word 'almost always' used to describe women

After a negative experience at work, a woman discovered that a certain word is only ever used to describe female employees. Katrina Palanca used her TikTok account to recount a time at work when a male co-worker labeled her "abrasive". When Palanca was preparing for a new hire at work, she ran into an issue with her co-worker "Steve" from the IT department. Although Palanca didn't get in trouble at work, the word "abrasive" left her feeling unsettled. She discovered a study by linguist Kieran Snyder, who reviewed 248 performance reviews from 28 small and large companies. Snyder found the word "abrasive" was used 17 times to describe 13 women, but men were never called the word once

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