The weight of silence: why some voices never make it to the table...

Silencing is rarely intentional.
Instead, it’s deeply systemic.

Many women, for example, bear the invisible labour of “mental load.”

Balancing high professional standards with the demands of home life, they often juggle multiple priorities while being expected to “keep going.”

The cost?
Creativity, energy, and the confidence to speak up and risk vulnerability.

Many men carry their own invisible burdens, particularly when workplace cultures discourage emotional transparency.

Without social outlets or safe spaces to express vulnerability, men often internalise these pressures, and the cost of this unshared weight can be profound: disengagement, burnout, and in extreme cases, crises of mental health that impact both their work and personal lives.

Silence stems from cultural expectations, backgrounds, workload, educational biases, and longstanding barriers based on gender, race, or economic class.

Silenced voices impact mental health, breed disengagement, and lead to organisational stagnation instead of growth.

When people are too burdened to speak or feel unsafe to challenge norms, we lose innovation, perspective, and cohesion.

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