DID A SENIOR government official scale down her media
engagements after her male counterpart in the ministry allegedly asked the
powers that be to rein her in—for fear that she was overshadowing him? Sources
within the influential ministry whisper that the male counterpart, a powerful
figure and longtime confidant of the boss, allegedly suffers from deep-seated inferiority issues. He is said to have
been visibly uncomfortable with the media attention his female colleague was
receiving, especially in the early days of the administration. Once a prominent
voice in the public eye, the woman suddenly went quiet, abandoning the very
media engagements that helped raise the profile of her department.
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