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Head to Head: Does the Confidence Gap Exist

Are women more likely to suffer from imposter syndrome than men? In a new series, Hilary Devey and Monica Parker debate whether the confidence gap is fact or fiction.

By TheGuardian.com | Updated on June 04, 2014

According to Wikipedia, Imposter Syndrome is “a psychological phenomenon in which people are unable to internalize their accomplishments. Despite external evidence of their competence, those with the syndrome remain convinced that they are frauds and do not deserve the success they have achieved.”

This is a fairly convoluted explanation of a phenomenon that is surprisingly commonplace in offices around the country. A quick straw poll of a group of friends including an investment banker, a lawyer, a teacher and a journalist reveals that everyone regularly felt that, to a certain extent, they were “winging it” and that any moment, someone would find out their terrible secret: that they don’t really know what they’re doing.

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