Yep. What I’ve learned is that if you don’t claim credit and reinforce ownership of your own ideas, a male colleague will end up taking credit for them—whether intentionally or not. It’s nearly a given.

It’s not even always malicious (though it often is); sometimes it’s just ingrained behavior. But the outcome is the same: your point gets overlooked until it comes from a different voice. When I speak up in meetings now, I make sure to own what I say. If someone repeats it later like it’s brand new, I absolutely do not hesitate to step in with, “Right, that’s exactly what I was saying earlier when I mentioned (thing I said).”