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The workplace is an especially difficult place for anyone to tell the truth, because no matter how flat we want our organizations to be, all organizations have some form of hierarchy.
The kinds of interpersonal violence that women are exposed to tend to be in domestic situations, by, unfortunately, parents or other family members, and they tend not to be one-shot deals.
And then you know, the pollution, of course, coming out of when you have mega cities, right, the air -- I see my kids playing, you know, every day when it's a bad weather, it just pains me to see that.