We hear it on all the morning chat shows, read it in all of the slick magazines and newspapers: There is something awful about the way women are being treated on the job. Women are being paid less for the same work, denied promotions and otherwise discriminated against, and therefore we need more laws to redress these injustices. Or, according to the book that has topped the bestseller lists this summer, “Lean In” by Sheryl Sandberg, women should assert themselves more, speak up, rededicate themselves to their work in order to close the gap with men.
The assumptions behind these ideas are wrong. Says who? Say American women.
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