"Are 'Undermining Words' a Crime?" (Creator's Block, Ep. 51)

A couple of years ago, while working at Quintain, a plugin for Gmail called Just Not Sorry started making the rounds.

The stated goal of the app was to help women specifically use fewer "undermining words" in their emails -- like "I think," "just," and "sorry."  So, whenever you type an email, the undermining words would be underlined, as if you misspelled something.

At the time, this seemed very helpful to me, since I tend to apologize, even when I haven’t done anything wrong. Or, sometimes I act as if what I’m asking for is a bother, when all I'm trying to do is get my work done, just like everyone else.

source https://www.impactbnd.com/blog/creators-block-podcast-undermining-words