Closing the Ambition Gap

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In virtually every field that women choose to enter, they can expect to earn less over their lifetime than their male counterparts” (“10 Surprising…”). Sheryl Sandburg, writer of Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead says “30 years ago women for the first time comprised 50% of college graduates in the US” (Sandberg). This statement is proven to be true, yet only 21 of the fortune 500 CEO’s are women. This is a perfect example of potential not being seen in women and, women have been dominating schools for the past 10 years. If these were male statistics, it would be the backbone of the argument why men make more than women. Until women are recognized as equal counterparts to men, we will wait for a change.

We need the media to portray women to have the ability to be as successful as men. We need to all recognize that women can be as confident and courageous as any man. I do not believe that women are encouraged to push themselves nearly as much as males are. Growing up, most women are taught that the man is always supposed to be there to save the girl and, I feel like as people, we are starting to realize that life is not a fairy tale. We must recognize the flaws in our society and change them, if we don’t we will continue living in a world with an ambition gap.

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Sandberg, Sheryl., and Nell Scovell. Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead. First edition. Alfred A. Knopf, 2013.