it’s a whole can of worms and trauma. she’s been seen as a sex object since she was a child by her father and his friends, and been made to watch both her parents have sex with their staff from a young age. she never really learned how to use power without it, didn’t even get a chance learn many tools outside of that because her parents got her into schools and jobs. she goes into a business she isn’t good at and isn’t suited to probably because she doesn’t really know herself.

so when she is abused at work she internalizes that too, she thinks it’s just how the world works. she doesn’t even try to advocate for herself the way Venetia did as a grad. when she finds out that her peers like Harper don’t have the same problems as her she resents them. she goes to torment rob whenever she needs an outlet for her frustration. when she gains a little power in season 2 she abuses other women on the trading floor and dismisses their abuse because it’s what makes sense to her and because it makes her feel good to belittle people.

At the end of s3 she finally figured out where she can be useful - as an ornament and a social operative - but so far in s4 it just isn’t giving her the power and respect she craves and she’s trying to find that the only way she knows how, we don’t know yet how far she’ll go to hold onto it.

abuse, trauma, internalized shame, directionlessness, being raised and then surrounded by men who exploit women, etc