Request to interview female, millennial PMs

Thank you, Sante! I will surely reach out to them directly to seek their interest. I appreciate your advice.

You're welcome Val. Actually when I was managing projects overseas, theee issues was very prevalent. If you expand your research to include these countries (ie. Philippines), you will find the problem is a lot more difficult to deal with from their perspective.

Self-promote without backlash? That won't happen. Consider that it is diehard misogynists who do the backlashing. Such males (I hesitate to call them 'men') want to feel superior to someone to bolster their poor self-esteem, so they select women as easy targets. This group has been lashing out at women since civilization began, and during most of this time women were exponentially more docile and obedient toward men than they are today. There is no way women can promote themselves that will be acceptable to this particular subset of guys. They will do whatever they can to keep women 'in their place', and labeling women as 'aggressive', 'unfeminine', and so forth is just one manipulative technique they use to do so.
I recommend that women promote themselves regardless of the criticism heaped against them. They should just roll over these narrow-minded anachronisms and send them reeling.