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oooCarrieB

Did anyone see her on the Daily Show this week? She was saying things about how leadership begins on the playground and how girls are still told that if they are aggressive, they are bossy, and they need to be pretty and how you can see it in the schools with girls not wanting to raise their hands. I just think she seems really out of touch. I do not think this has been true for a long time. When I was in grade school in the 80s, the gifted and talented program was all girls and in high school the top 5 students at graduation were all girls. Yes, the leadership in our country is mostly men, but I don't think that its because of girls not raising their hands in class.

mexicolombiana

This might sound stupid but I really can't take advice from a woman like her.  She's filthy rich and out of touch.  A mild comparison is Oprah.  I can't take her serious.  She's so out of touch. 

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mexicolombiana

hocus:

Sadly I think it is still true. Current research suggests that teachers still treat kids different even

MammaBear81

I went to school to become a teacher, and when I was going through we read a lot of studies on this.  At that time (about 12 years ago) it showed that in order to get boys to participate more the teachers would let them "break the rules" a bit...

boogerbearoriginal

MammaBear81:

I went to school to become a teacher, and when I was going through we read a lot of studies on this.  At tha

Iblamethebeer

mexicolombiana:

This might sound stupid but I really can't take advice from a woman like her.  She's filthy rich and o

mexicolombiana

Iblamethebeer:

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mexicolombiana:

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grrl79

Not trying to get flamed, but I think most women start to "lean out" once they have kids.  Some of those leadership positions require a lot of time and commitment - which some women may make the choice to "pull back" and have a more family friendl

MammaBear81

JMPrice:

Curious, then what do you think is the reason that our leadership is mostly men? Sexism is very real, in fact it's th

TCMom78

grrl79:

Not trying to get flamed, but I think most women start to "lean out" once they have kids.nbsp; Some of those leadership pos

ReeB83

Holy crap I am all over the place here.

I've seen Ms. Sandberg on many shows and some of the stuff makes sense but to a point. I agree with the PP who said it has a lot to do with when we get older. I wanted to rise to the top of my field too unt

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Iblamethebeer:

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pitterpatter129

ReeB83:

Lastly I teach first grade and if anything, the girls are SMASHING the boys. Better grades, better participation, better ho

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IBackBevo

Have you ever seen the "freakonomics" take on this?  They are a bunch of statisticians (sp?) who basically study statistics and behavior and then opine on why people do what they do. 

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