You're in a meeting and the presenter asks, “Does anyone have any questions?”. Do you look around, see "no one else raising their hands, and then chose to pass on the opportunity to clear up your confusion?". Congratulations, you've just fallen for pluralistic ignorance, and it explains a lot.It is when "you feel like you’…

misperception of peers’ thoughts and desires... what other voters think and will do... voters commonly refrain from voting for women because they think other voters don’t believe they can win... women were more likely to cite gender as a factor... white men were seen as significantly more electable than white women and women of color... But... in …