ability to do something successfully
from Latin competere 'to strive together'
Competence means you can compete with confidence!
Research shows 'competence' is coded masculine in hiring/evaluation; women's competence is questioned more often and requires higher bar of evidence than men's.
Avoid gendered assumption that competence means masculine traits; affirm diverse competence presentations (collaborative, detailed, intuitive problem-solving).
Women have driven competence frameworks in medicine, law, tech; their expertise is often attributed to male colleagues or structures.
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