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"You have to take opportunities and make an opportunity fit for you, rather than the other way around."
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"But I also know that in order to continue to grow and challenge myself, I have to believe in my own abilities. I still face situations that I fear are beyond my capabilities. I still have days when I feel like a fraud. And I still sometimes find myself spoken over and discounted while men sitting next to me are not. But now I know how to take a deep breath and keep my hand up. I have learned to sit at the table."
"In November 2011, San Francisco magazine ran a story on female entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley and illustrated it by superimposing the featured women's heads onto male bodies. The only body type they could imagine for successful entrepreneurship was wearing a tie or a hoodie. Our culture needs to find a robust image of female success that is first, not male, and second, not a white woman on the phone, holding a crying baby."
"But while compliant, raise-your-hand-and-speak-when-called-on behaviors might be rewarded in school, they are less valued in the workplace."
"Feeling threatened by others' choices pulls us all down. Instead, we should funnel our energy into breaking this cycle."
"It takes a near act of rebellion for even a four-year-old to break away from society's expectations."
"Our culture needs to find a robust image of female success that is first, not male, and second, not a white woman on the phone, holding a crying baby."
"We need more portrayals of women as competent professionals and happy mothers - or even happy professionals and competent mothers."
"I don't pretend there aren't biological differences, but I don't believe the desire for leadership is hardwired biology, not the desire to win or excel. I believe that it's socialization, that we're socializing our daughters to nurture and our boys to lead."
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