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A truly equal world would be one where women ran half our countries and companies and men ran half our homes.

Sheryl Sandberg

I’m a feminist because I believe in women, it’s a heavy word, feminism, but it’s not one I think we should run from. I’m proud to be a feminist.
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I really think we need more women to lean into their careers and to be really dedicated to staying in the work force.
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Someone who values fairness and expects or, even better, wants to do his share in the home. These men exist and, trust me, over time, nothing is sexier.
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I have never worked for a woman, and I have never worked with a lot of women.
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Job Myself Woman Work
I tell people in their careers, ‘Look for growth. Look for the teams that are growing quickly. Look for the companies that are doing well. Look for a place where you feel that you can have a lot of impact.’
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You know, there has never been a 24-hour period in five years when I have not responded to e-mail at Facebook. I am not saying it’s easy. I work long hours.
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If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat! Just get on.
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But the upside of painful knowledge is so much greater than the downside of blissful ignorance.
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If more women are in leadership roles, we’ll stop assuming they shouldn’t be.
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Women have made tons of progress. But we still have a small percentage of the top jobs in any industry, in any nation in the world. I think that’s partly because from a very young age, we encourage our boys to lead and we call our girls bossy.
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Women attribute their success to working hard, luck, and help from other people. Men will attribute that – whatever success they have, that same success – to their own core skills.
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We hold ourselves back in ways both big and small, by lacking self-confidence, by not raising our hands, and by pulling back when we should be leaning in.
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Until women are as ambitious as men, they’re not gong to achieve as much as men.
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Talking can transform minds, which can transform behaviors, which can transform institutions.
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It’s more pressure on women to – if they marry or partner with someone, to partner with the right person. Because you cannot have a full career and a full life at home with your children if you are also doing all of the housework and child care.
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The gender stereotypes introduced in childhood are reinforced throughout our lives and become self-fulfilling prophesies. Most leadership positions are held by men, so women don’t expect to achieve them, and that becomes one of the reasons they don’t.
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