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It’s worth noting that it’s particularly difficult for a woman’s voice to command respect. To quote Kathleen Hanna again: “There’s this certain assumption that when a man tells the truth, it’s the truth. And when, as a woman, I go to tell the truth, I feel like I have to negotiate the way I’ll be perceived… There’s always the suspicion around a woman’s truth—the idea that you’re exaggerating.”