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Some behaviours and actions are generally considered to be feminine weaknesses that can hinder men’s career progression. Since cultures differ, a person is torn between expressing revealing true personal identity and concealing some personal attributes to show conformity to the ideals of the workplace. Notably, the former that can turn out to be a recipe for chaos and lead to a portrayal of a negative image. That is to say, amidst a highly diverse workplace, a person is tasked with acting as both a thought leader and follower.
Direct or indirect expression of attributes that are typically associated with female gender including extreme emotions, familial attachments, and vulnerability can trigger perceptions of incompetency in a gender-polarized society (Yoshino & Smith 8). Similarly, omitting, dismissing and demonizing some personal attributes is vital for the avoidance of exclusion, isolation as well as an accusation. In light of this, a decision to avoid expressing anger against ethnic profiling and showing concern for gender affirmative actions and support for physically disabled is an attempt of blurring personal identity attributes that do not conform to the popular culture. Such expressions, coupled with a disinterest in politics enables an individual to suit the expectations of the workplace context. On the other hand, carrying oneself with confidence, emphasizing on male attire and hiding the childhood experiences reduce negative judgments and prejudices are inevitable in society.

Precisely, while they can portray a person as honest, they can as well attract insults from colleagues.
Concealing personal health status and drinking are ways of expressing manhood in the increasingly judgmental society. However, the latter is overcome resilience to minimize personal injury. Ideally, a revelation of historical details about childhood poverty can trigger or reinforce stigmatization that can, in turn, have an adverse impact on career progression. Blurring the personal characteristics with resilience is based on the idea that it is better to cope with the situation rather than try to convince people to compromise traits that are considered to be weaknesses in their cultural narratives. That is to say, conflicts, which can hinder career progress can be avoided by making all complicated situations to appear normal or adjusting to the societal needs when it is necessary.

Work Cited
Yoshino, Kenji, and Christie Smith. “Uncovering talent: A new model of inclusion.” The Leadership Center for Inclusion Deloitte University (2013).