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Question 1 of 10
When have you seen someone (including yourself) respond to a call‑in or call‑out by focusing on the other person’s “tone” instead of the content of the feedback?
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Question 2 of 10
Think of a time when someone told you or another person, “I’d listen if you weren’t so emotional.” What impact did that have on the conversation and on trust going forward?
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Question 3 of 10
Recall a moment when a leader or colleague said, “You’ll be taken more seriously if you say that more calmly.” How did this comment reinforce or challenge existing power dynamics (race, gender, role)?
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Question 4 of 10
Where have you noticed tone‑policing show up in your organization’s formal feedback channels (performance reviews, coaching, complaints processes), and what small changes could interrupt that pattern?
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Question 5 of 10
When you think about Victorian “true womanhood,” the mid‑century perfect homemaker, and “nice versus kind,” where do you see those norms silently shaping whose expression is labeled “professional” in your context?
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Question 6 of 10
Recall a time when someone’s “personal style, manner of delivery, radical candor, or honesty” triggered discomfort in you. How did you respond, and was any part of that response actually tone policing?
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Question 7 of 10
Think of a moment when you heard (or thought) phrases like “You’re too loud,” “You’re not acting ladylike,” or “You’re making me nervous.” What assumptions about race, gender, class, age, or neurodivergence were operating underneath those reactions?
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Question 8 of 10
Where have you seen tone policing function as a form of gaslighting, in which the person naming harm is recast as “the problem” and the original harm is minimized or rewritten? What did that do to psychological safety in that space?
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Question 9 of 10
Consider a time in your organization when dominant‑culture comfort (or leader comfort) was prioritized over addressing an issue. How did that choice show up in comments about someone’s tone or delivery, and what might “passing the mic” or co‑creating the response have looked like instead?
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Question 10 of 10
Looking at the five tips in the transcript (not knowing everything, deprioritizing dominant comfort, increasing cultural familiarity, resisting unsolicited commentary, and focusing on the issue over style), which one is hardest for you, and how might that difficulty connect to your own tendencies to tone police?
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