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The Reason I Wrote Lean In Is I Think People Weren't Actually Noticing That We Had Stopped Making Progress. I Gave A Ted Talk And Said: "it Turns Out Men Still Run The World." And The Audience Gasped As If That Was News.

I Have A Five Year-old Son And A Three Year-old Daughter. I Want My Son To Have A Choice To Contribute Fully In The Workforce Or At Home. And I Want My Daughter To Have The Choice To Not Just Succeed, But To Be Liked For Her Accomplishments.

We're The Only Developed Country In The World That Doesn't Have Paid Maternity Leave. Paternity Leave Is Just As Important. Paid Family Medical Leave So That You Can Take Care Of A Parent, A Child, A Grandparent, Whatever You Need To Do. I Think We're Shortsighted When We Don't Invest In Our Employees As Companies, And As An Economy, Because We Invest In Them And They Invest Back In Us.

We Call Our Little Girls Bossy. Go To A Playground; Little Girls Get Called Bossy All The Time - A Word That's Almost Never Used For Boys - And That Leads Directly To The Problems Women Face In The Workforce.

I Realized That Searching For A Mentor Has Become The Professional Equivalent Of Waiting For Prince Charming. We All Grew Up On The Fairy Tale "seeping Beauty," Which Instructs Young Women That If They Just Wait For Their Prince To Arrive, They Will Be Kissed And Whisked Away On A White Horse To Live Happily Ever After. Now Young Women Are Told That If They Can Just Find The Right Mentor, They Will Be Pushed Up The Ladder And Whisked Away To The Corner Office To Live Happily Ever After. Once Again, We Are Teaching Women To Be Too Dependent On Others.