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Re:How to Navigate Being the Only Woman on Your Team by overkalix on Sunday November 01, 2020 @05:11PM (#24962987)
This happened to me very recently. It was a meeting with five people and I asked for some information. But when she started answering I realized I had phrased my question poorly, and as a result she wasn't really addressing my actual concerns. When I tried to interrupt to clarify my question, she slightly raised her voice to drown me out.

So when she concluded her explanation I had to go "sorry, what I actually meant to ask was ...".

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Re:How to Navigate Being the Only Woman on Your Team by Zenbit_UX on Sunday November 01, 2020 @11:49PM (#24964905)
That's where a well placed "Hold on" plus an accompanying hand gesture can come in handy. It's a brief enough interruption to get through and be heard, while also being understood as "what you're saying is not what was asked/intended, allow me to clarify".
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