Interviewer Tried To Downplay 14-Year-Old Venus Williams' Confidence. Her Dad Richard Williams Shut Him Down
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Fascinating. The interviewer didn’t do anything wrong but her father did something so instinctively right.
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I didn’t feel he was doing that, but I think her father had an exquisite understanding of the need to protect her absolute sense of self-confidence.

Nov 22, 2021 · 4:11 AM UTC

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He was, through his tone and repeated questioning, subtly indicating it was unusual or strange that she should have confidence. No one explicitly has to tell girls to be self-effacing or to have less confidence, the message is communicated and, often, internalized.
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