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As a result of Title IX, and a new generation of parents who want their daughters to have the opportunities they never had, women's sports have arrived. ”
Sexuality and gender don't change anyone's performance on the court. ”
Our discomfort with female leadership runs deep. We call little girls bossy. We never really call little boys bossy, because a boy is expected to lead, so it doesn't surprise or offend. ”
I'm not telling women to be like men. I'm telling us to evaluate what men and women do in the workforce and at home without the gender bias. ”
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. ”
I'm a pragmatist. I think, as a woman, you have to be more careful. You have to be more communal, you have to say yes to more things than men, you have to worry about things that men don't have to worry about. But once we get enough women into leadership, we can break stereotypes down. If you lead, you get to decide. ”
I'd like to see where boys and girls end up if they get equal encouragement - I think we might have some differences in how leadership is done. ”
If more women are in leadership roles, we'll stop assuming they shouldn't be. ”
I'm not pretending I can give advice to every single person or every single couple for every situation; I'm making the point that we are not going to get to equality in the workforce before we get to equality in the home. Not going to happen. ”
I think it is too hard for men to talk about gender. We have to let men talk about this... because we need men to talk about this if it is ever going to change. ”