Women have no problem being forthright and assertive with our partners and children, so why is it so hard for us to act that way at work?

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But there is no doubt he is one of the most assertive and successful premiers in Japan's recent history.

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All elite groups (apart from the armed forces, for which no data were available) were less likely than they were in 1993 to say that America should be the most assertive of leading nations.

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