Questions: Education & Career

My manager is a very passive person, and my coworker is dominant and extroverted. During every meeting, my coworker talks 90% of the time. Her contributions are valuable, but I cannot get a word in edgewise. Also, because she has such a competitive personality, I know if I say something, it will likely result in us butting heads.

My manager doesn’t seem to care. She just sits there and lets my coworker go on and on and on.. my coworker has talked over me, bossed me around, and belittled me in front of my manager and I am getting no support.

I just had a review and my manager said that I’m doing a great job and there’s nothing I can improve on. So I know she likes me as an employee. But I don’t understand why she doesn’t support me.
I’m wondering if she expects me to push back? But then our team dynamic will be a mess because my coworker will see it as a competition.

is it my responsibility to be more assertive with my coworker, or my managers?

Let’s assume for sake of this question your salary will be approx 130,000$ / year (that’s actually higher average of psychologist. Lawyers make slightly less on average than psychologists which was a surprise to me. Actors I know will make not much most often, tho or for a few lucky a TON more than 130K, so I’m just evening it out for the question)

To me, these professions altho holding very different functions in society, require overlapping traits tools & specific skill set. That is why I am grouping them together.