# Not Same for Everyone

*Tom Geraghty · Politics, Diversity & Equity, Power*

Argues that psychological safety looks different for everyone — shaped by background, culture, neurodiversity, ability, and language — and that 'speaking up' is not only verbal. Frames this as a design problem: if safety requires neurotypical, Western norms, it excludes those who need it most.

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## Connected concepts (32)

- [Core Principles](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/our-core-principles.md)
- [Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory and Antiracist Politics](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/crenshaw-1989.md) (paper)
- [Language and Symbolic Power](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/bourdieu-1991.md) (paper)
- [Men and Women of the Corporation](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/kanter-1977.md) (paper)
- [PS & Trust](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/the-difference-between-trust-and-psychological-safety.md)
- [The Forms of Capital](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/bourdieu-1986.md) (paper)
- [Who Gets to Decide if PS Matters?](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/who-gets-to-decide-if-psychological-safety-matters.md)
- [Top 10 Ways to Foster PS](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/top-10-ways-to-foster-psychological-safety-in-the-workplace.md)
- [A game of adoption – but playing by whose rules?](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/busch-curseu-neessen-2026.md) (paper)
- [Exploring the Relationship between Team Diversity, Psychological Safety and Team Performance: Evidence from Pharmaceutical Drug Development](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/bresman-edmondson-2022.md) (paper)
- [High & Low Context Communication](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/reading-the-air-high-and-low-context-communication-in-teams.md)
- [Least Safe Person](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/a-team-is-only-as-safe-as-the-least-safe-person.md)
- [PS, Inclusion & Politics](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/psychological-safety-inclusion-and-political-beliefs.md)
- [Status Characteristics and Social Interaction](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/berger-cohen-zelditch-1972.md) (paper)
- [Straight Talking: The Sociolinguistics of Heterosexuality](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/cameron-2014.md) (paper)
- [Why Status Matters for Inequality](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/ridgeway-2014.md) (paper)
- [Diversity & Performance](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/psychological-safety-54-diversity-and-performance.md)
- [Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/hofstedes-cultural-dimensions.md)
- [Not Feeling Seen](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/not-feeling-seen-eye-contact-and-psychological-safety.md)
- [PS & Belonging](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/psychological-safety-and-belonging.md)
- [PS & Creativity](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/psychological-safety-and-creativity.md)
- [PS & Neurodiversity](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/psychological-safety-and-neurodiversity.md)
- [PS in Diverse Groups](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/the-foundations-of-psychological-safety-in-diverse-groups.md)
- [Accessibility & PS](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/accessibility-a-road-to-psychological-safety.md)
- [Déformation Prof.](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/deformation-professionnelle.md)
- [Eye Contact & PS](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/dont-look-me-in-the-eye-the-challenge-of-eye-contact.md)
- [Imposter Syndrome](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/psychological-safety-52-imposter-syndrome.md)
- [Personal User Manuals](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/psychological-safety-72-personal-user-manuals.md)
- [PS in Remote Teams](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/psychological-safety-in-remote-teams.md)
- [Psychological Accessibility](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/psychological-accessibility-a-discovery-in-workplace-inclusion.md)
- [Reflections Pt 2: Power & Difference](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/reflections-part-two.md)
- [Stuttering & Stammering](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/stuttering-and-stammering.md)