We Need To Start Talking About Child-rearing

I Really Think We Need More Women To Lean Into Their Careers And To Be Really Dedicated To Staying In The Work Force.

I Don't Hold Myself Out As A Role Model. I Don't Believe That Everyone Should Make The Same Choices; That Everyone Has To Want To Be A Ceo, Or Everyone Should Want To Be A Work-at-home Mother. I Want Everyone To Be Able To Choose. But I Want Us To Be Able To Choose Unencumbered By Gender Choosing For Us.

I've Seen Over And Over How Much Self-belief Drives Outcomes. And That's Why I Force Myself To Sit At The Table, Even When I Am Not Sure I Belong There - And Yes, This Still Happens To Me. And When I'm Not Sure Anyone Wants My Opinion, I Take A Deep Breath And Speak Up Anyway.

There's A Lot That Needs To Be Fixed In Dating For Men And Women In The U.s. - There's A Lot Of Pressure On Women To Do Things They May Not Want To Do. And If You Start Out Unequal, You Are Not Going To End Up With Equality.

But The Upside Of Painful Knowledge Is So Much Greater Than The Downside Of Blissful Ignorance.