Why Men Take Career Setbacks So Much Harder - Page 4
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Julia Austin
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Their careers are their identities
For men, their careers are often their identities. That’s why retirement can be much harder on men than on women. A man is a lawyer/doctor/consultant. He isn’t a man who does a lot of things, in addition to practicing law or medicine. He is a lawyer, who does other things sometimes.
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