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"I&nbsp;wish I had done more earlier," she says.<br> "I wasn't brave enough."We are in a windowless room in Facebook's Palo Alto HQ, where<object width='560' height='315'><param name='movie' value='https://www.youtube.com/v/ghb6eDopW8I?version=3&amp;hl=en_US'></param><param name='allowFullScreen' value='true'></param><param name='allowscriptaccess' value='always'></param><embed src='https://www.youtube.com/v/ghb6eDopW8I?version=3&amp;hl=en_US' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='560' height='315' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true'></embed></object> <b>Sandberg</b> is drinking from a huge Starbucks cup (she used to be on the board at Starbucks) and exuding that slightly gimlet-eyed cheerfulness<br><img src="http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs19/i/2007/280/2/f/Dragonfly_by_Akaeya_Lovely.jpg"><br> one associates with corporate advancement. The furore surrounding Lean In has been ferocious and not all of it to do with the book.<br> Sandberg, reported to be worth around $400 million, <b>annoys</b> a great many people.<br> Quite apart from the <b>money,</b> she works for a company with an intractable sense of its own "transgressiveness", a self-image that sits awkwardly alongside the wealth of its founders <b>and</b> the sometimes moony-eyed devotion of its staff.<br> She talks in the kind of inspirational business-speak <b>that</b> makes activists sneer and recoil. And one gets the <b>sense</b> she has jumped into a&nbsp;decades-old debate with an innocence – of how factional it is; how influenced by other political assumptions – approaching&nbsp;naivety.What <b>she</b> is not, for the most part, is wrong.<br> The main criticism of Lean In has been that Sandberg "blames" women for not getting ahead, which she categorically doesn't do.<br> Instead, she identifies behaviours exhibited <b>by</b> women in the<object width='560' height='315'><param name='movie' value='https://www.youtube.com/v/3i6Jqu7BT4M?version=3&amp;hl=en_US'></param><param name='allowFullScreen' value='true'></param><param name='allowscriptaccess' value='always'></param><embed src='https://www.youtube.com/v/3i6Jqu7BT4M?version=3&amp;hl=en_US' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='560' height='315' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true'></embed></object> workplace – an<object width='560' height='315'><param name='movie' value='https://www.youtube.com/v/f-Kt_kuYVtU?version=3&amp;hl=en_US'></param><param name='allowFullScreen' value='true'></param><param name='allowscriptaccess' value='always'></param><embed src='https://www.youtube.com/v/f-Kt_kuYVtU?version=3&amp;hl=en_US' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='560' height='315' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true'></embed></object> unwillingness to ask for more money; a <b>tendency,</b> in meetings, to hold back; a conservatism in estimating their self-worth – as the warping effect of historical and ongoing gender bias.<br> Guys in her office go for promotion when they have a fraction of the necessary skills, she notes; women, by and large, wait <b>until</b> they <b>have</b> 100%. And wait to be asked, or rather, cajoled into applying."I<br> give a lot of negotiating advice, which has the principal property of saying, understand the biases against<br><img src="http://content5.videojug.com/8b/8bcaddbe-40d5-f0b6-5412-ff0008cd853f/how-to-make-a-girl-happy.WidePlayer.jpg%3Fv2"><br> women and use that to your advantage in negotiation.<br> You <b>can't</b> negotiate exactly like a man, it won't work. Take the things you know. There's an inherent contradiction in writing a book which has the goal of <b>getting</b> rid of gender stereotypes and telling people to acknowledge and use the gender stereotypes. I <b>see</b> that. I try to acknowledge that in the book.<br> I'm a pragmatist.<br> I want this to get better.<br> I want women to <b>get</b> paid more. I want to teach them to&nbsp;negotiate<object width='560' height='315'><param name='movie' value='https://www.youtube.com/v/fyMhvkC3A84?version=3&amp;hl=en_US'></param><param name='allowFullScreen' value='true'></param><param name='allowscriptaccess' value='always'></param><embed src='https://www.youtube.com/v/fyMhvkC3A84?version=3&amp;hl=en_US' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='560' height='315' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true'></embed></object> so they get paid more."It<br> is odd that someone as determinedly uncontroversial as Sandberg should have written a book like this, which is also the reason for Lean In's significance. What Sandberg is saying is valuable precisely because it is her – speaking in the language of corporate conservatism <b>–</b><br><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1l7nTjswX6I/UHpZxoNyF4I/AAAAAAAABgg/avGce2Ei-c8/s1600/I%2Bmiss%2Byou%2Bsayings%2Btouchy%2Bn66.jpg"><br> and not Barbara Ehrenreich saying it.The<br> book grew out of a TED talk the 43-year-old gave about women at work in 2010, which<br><img src="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/892032/thumbs/o-DOG-DRIVING-CAR-570.jpg%3F5"><br> generated a huge response, positive and negative – although <b>the</b> negative was mainly from male executives warning her not to make an issue of gender, rather than, as now, other feminists deriding her credentials. Among the most savage of the recent reviews, Allison Pearson in<object width='560' height='315'><param name='movie' value='https://www.youtube.com/v/_yj3mKNQ0A4?version=3&amp;hl=en_US'></param><param name='allowFullScreen' value='true'></param><param name='allowscriptaccess' value='always'></param><embed src='https://www.youtube.com/v/_yj3mKNQ0A4?version=3&amp;hl=en_US' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='560' height='315' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true'></embed></object> the Telegraph points out Sandberg's failure to address "the fastest-growing trend among professional women … involuntary childlessness." In the Guardian, Zoe Williams calls the book spineless and "infantilising".<br> Maureen Dowd, in the New <b>York</b> Times, writes that Sandberg "doesn't understand the difference <b>between</b> <b>a</b> social movement and a social network marketing campaign".<br> The <b>reaction</b> seems<br><img src="http://cdn.motinetwork.net/motifake.com/image/demotivational-poster/1204/wtf-baby-demotivational-posters-1335795185.jpg"><br> to be that it means well, but is <b>in&nbsp;effect</b> empty marketing.All underestimate how reactionary the crowd she's addressing is; this is not a book aimed at the well-versed in feminist polemics. It's for those operating in <a href = 'http://forum.cacaoweb.org/index.php?action=profile;u=28937'>a commercial </a> realm so unevolved that the book, far <b>from</b> being meek and <b>obvious,</b> is strident to the point of hysterical.Before<br> she <b>gave</b> her TED talk, the message from<br><img src="http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2011/10/best-of-green-2011-slide.jpg.644x0_q100_crop-smart.jpg"><br> <b>Sandberg's</b> male peers was clear: "It would be the official <b>end</b> of my career.<br> Once <b>I</b> gave a talk on women, I would be <b>a</b> 'woman <b>executive'.<br></b> You can't possibly care about women's issues and be a serious business person."Sandberg<br> thought it over, and came to the conclusion that, in fact, the only way to talk about it was as a business issue: that companies were losing valuable talent because <b>of</b> their problem with women, and mothers in particular. "The tipping point for me," she<br><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_39XpJv6AgKQ/S0ox81RkwRI/AAAAAAAAARw/zytdhtx1K44/s400/fart.jpg"><br> says, "was watching men and women I&nbsp;managed over<object width='560' height='315'><param name='movie' value='https://www.youtube.com/v/8r1CZTLk-Gk?version=3&amp;hl=en_US'></param><param name='allowFullScreen' value='true'></param><param name='allowscriptaccess' value='always'></param><embed src='https://www.youtube.com/v/8r1CZTLk-Gk?version=3&amp;hl=en_US' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='560' height='315' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true'></embed></object> the last 15 <b>years.</b> <b>No</b> matter what I did, the men started to get ahead<object width='560' height='315'><param name='movie' value='https://www.youtube.com/v/C7hTAp6KrGY?version=3&amp;hl=en_US'></param><param name='allowFullScreen' value='true'></param><param name='allowscriptaccess' value='always'></param><embed src='https://www.youtube.com/v/C7hTAp6KrGY?version=3&amp;hl=en_US' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='560' height='315' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true'></embed></object> of the women.<br> At every step, their foot was on the gas pedal and they were leaning in and women were leaning back." Of Yale alumni who had reached their 40s in 2000, she says, only 56% of the women remained in the workforce, compared to 90% of the <b>men.Sandberg<br></b> herself has been known to lean back, and admits to a bad decision she made in her 20s. After graduating from Harvard <b>–</b> her senior thesis was on the economic impact of domestic violence – Larry Summers, her thesis adviser, encouraged her to apply for international fellowships. But while she would love to have gone to Europe, she writes, she rejected the idea "on the <b>grounds</b> that a foreign country was not a likely place to turn a <b>date</b> into a husband. Instead, I moved to Washington DC, which was full of eligible men."Wow. <b>"Yeah.</b> I know. Pretty <b>shocking.</b> And you know," Sandberg smiles, "that didn't work out so well." (She married at 24 and divorced a year later.<br> She is now married to David Goldberg and they have two children).Sandberg<br> worked for Summers as his <b>chief</b> of staff at the US treasury for five years, <b>then</b> when Bush was elected and they were all out of jobs, she moved to Silicon Valley. It wasn't an obvious time to board <b>that</b> train.<br><img src="http://moviegalleri.net/wp-content/gallery/aadi-shanvi-lovely-movie-stills/aadi_shanvi_lovely_movie_stills_5200.jpg"><br> "People thought I was nuts.<br> It was 2001, so the bubble had crashed and no one was hiring." It took her <b>a</b> year to find the<br><img src="http://funnybonecentral.com/ComicImage/84b1eea2-d6b1-4a35-8207-0be7d2939066/6db1ce6f-097d-4ebf-b14e-f0f1a521cd89/320/510/Y/N"><br> right job, "and, yeah, I got a little nervous". Things began to look<br><img src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17g8es152xj3kjpg/xlarge.jpg"><br> up, and when <b>Eric</b> Schmidt hired <b>her</b> at Google, he <b>persuaded</b> her to take the job by asking her to consider which of the companies <b>trying</b> to hire <b>her</b> had the greatest potential for growth. She took the risk and joined Google.It was <b>during</b> her negotiations with Facebook that Sandberg suffered a bout<br><img src="http://ballsdot.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dog1.jpg"><br> of timidity; she was reluctant to ask for more money. And for good reason – the remuneration package, she says, struck her as fair.<br> More <b>than</b> that: "I thought it was a terrific offer! Perfectly great!" (One<object width='560' height='315'><param name='movie' value='https://www.youtube.com/v/6_W_xLWtNa0?version=3&amp;hl=en_US'></param><param name='allowFullScreen' value='true'></param><param name='allowscriptaccess' value='always'></param><embed src='https://www.youtube.com/v/6_W_xLWtNa0?version=3&amp;hl=en_US' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='560' height='315' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true'></embed></object> can only imagine.)<br> She also wanted the job. It was only when her brother-in-law and husband pointed out that no man in her <b>position</b> would accept the first offer that she <b>went</b> back to the table, and told Mark Zuckerberg that, since he was hiring her in part for her negotiating <b>skills,</b> it would be a bad advertisement if she didn't use them.<br> She came out of the meeting with equity<br><img src="http://news.menshealth.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/stk107962cor1.jpg"><br> <b>in</b> Facebook.So,<br> if she hadn't negotiated, she wouldn't be worth anything like <b>the</b> amount she now is?<object width='560' height='315'><param name='movie' value='https://www.youtube.com/v/c4BLVznuWnU?version=3&amp;hl=en_US'></param><param name='allowFullScreen' value='true'></param><param name='allowscriptaccess' value='always'></param><embed src='https://www.youtube.com/v/c4BLVznuWnU?version=3&amp;hl=en_US' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='560' height='315' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true'></embed></object> "I don't remember exactly the back and forth,<object width='560' height='315'><param name='movie' value='https://www.youtube.com/v/fregObNcHC8?version=3&amp;hl=en_US'></param><param name='allowFullScreen' value='true'></param><param name='allowscriptaccess' value='always'></param><embed src='https://www.youtube.com/v/fregObNcHC8?version=3&amp;hl=en_US' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='560' height='315' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true'></embed></object> <b>but</b> yeah.<br> I would be in a different place.<br> I'd still have been very well off – no one should feel sad for me." I assure her they don't."But what's interesting," she says, "was that when my brother-in-law and my husband were saying 'negotiate, negotiate, negotiate' – when I finally <b>said</b> OK I'll do it, because no man would take the first offer, I then thought to myself,<object width='560' height='315'><param name='movie' value='https://www.youtube.com/v/0C_oNMH0GTk?version=3&amp;hl=en_US'></param><param name='allowFullScreen' value='true'></param><param name='allowscriptaccess' value='always'></param><embed src='https://www.youtube.com/v/0C_oNMH0GTk?version=3&amp;hl=en_US' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='560' height='315' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true'></embed></object> I felt like <b>I</b> <b>needed</b> a justification for <b>doing</b> it. And it turns out that's what <b>the</b> data says: men can negotiate without apology or justification.<br> It's expected.<br> If women <b>negotiate,</b> they need to justify it.<br> It can't be <b>that</b> you want more for you. Because that's <b>what</b> men get to do." As she writes<object width='560' height='315'><param name='movie' value='https://www.youtube.com/v/fregObNcHC8?version=3&amp;hl=en_US'></param><param name='allowFullScreen' value='true'></param><param name='allowscriptaccess' value='always'></param><embed src='https://www.youtube.com/v/fregObNcHC8?version=3&amp;hl=en_US' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='560' height='315' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true'></embed></object> in <a href = 'http://imgfave.com/adinva'>the book, </a> "success and likability are<object width='560' height='315'><param name='movie' value='https://www.youtube.com/v/4qZy6ARqGC4?version=3&amp;hl=en_US'></param><param name='allowFullScreen' value='true'></param><param name='allowscriptaccess' value='always'></param><embed src='https://www.youtube.com/v/4qZy6ARqGC4?version=3&amp;hl=en_US' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='560' height='315' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true'></embed></object> positively correlated for men and negatively correlated for women."This brings us to the Facebook board, which until Sandberg joined, four years into her tenure, didn't have a woman on it. <b>Facebook</b> is a liberal company in the conventional tech style: staff can pick up bikes and deposit them anywhere on site; all the food – <b>burrito</b> bar, <b>smoothie</b> stand – is free, except for the sushi restaurant. <b>In</b> the main atrium, there is a "graffiti wall", where staff can express themselves in felt tip with earnest peons to the company. 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"We have a <b>very</b> small board," he told the New Yorker.<br> "I'm going to find people who are helpful, and I don't particularly care <b>what</b> gender they<object width='560' height='315'><param name='movie' value='https://www.youtube.com/v/_KN_nyGehek?version=3&amp;hl=en_US'></param><param name='allowFullScreen' value='true'></param><param name='allowscriptaccess' value='always'></param><embed src='https://www.youtube.com/v/_KN_nyGehek?version=3&amp;hl=en_US' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='560' height='315' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true'></embed></object> are or what company they are. I'm not filling the <b>board</b> with check-boxes."According<br> to Sandberg's reasoning – that informal mentoring within offices promotes men over women, so they are in place <b>for</b> the top jobs – Zuckerberg's response just isn't adequate, is it?"I mean, I, I, I <b>don't</b> know exactly the answer to that question.<br> I don't think he<br><img src="http://mostbeautifulflower.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/red-rose-flower-wallpaper-5.jpg"><br> ever meant it the <b>way</b> you're taking it now."<br> But has his position changed? <b>Did</b> he (to use the kind of language favoured here) go on the journey with her?"Look, I think I'm growing and learning. I'm in a different <b>place</b> <b>on</b> these issues than I was five years ago.<br> When I joined this company, I'd never given a really public talk on being a woman. <b>And</b> so I'm growing and changing and I think he is along with me. But it would be a mistake<object width='560' height='315'><param name='movie' value='https://www.youtube.com/v/9iiM__qYYhI?version=3&amp;hl=en_US'></param><param name='allowFullScreen' value='true'></param><param name='allowscriptaccess' value='always'></param><embed src='https://www.youtube.com/v/9iiM__qYYhI?version=3&amp;hl=en_US' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='560' height='315' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true'></embed></object> <b>to</b> say I'm leading and <b>bullying</b> him along.<br> I mean, I think it<br><img src="http://moviegalleri.net/wp-content/gallery/aadi-shanvi-lovely-movie-stills/aadi_shanvi_lovely_movie_stills_5200.jpg"><br> goes more the other<object width='560' height='315'><param name='movie' value='https://www.youtube.com/v/_yj3mKNQ0A4?version=3&amp;hl=en_US'></param><param name='allowFullScreen' value='true'></param><param name='allowscriptaccess' value='always'></param><embed src='https://www.youtube.com/v/_yj3mKNQ0A4?version=3&amp;hl=en_US' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='560' height='315' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true'></embed></object> way. He's leading.<br> Mark's fearless.<br> Mark has a big vision of how the world could be different and he puts himself out there to make it different, and he has encouraged me every step of the way.<br> I mean, Mark read the book and&nbsp;said, 'I want to talk about the plans for the book, 'cos I'm certain they're not big enough!<br><img src="http://cdn.motinetwork.net/motifake.com/image/demotivational-poster/1204/wtf-baby-demotivational-posters-1335795185.jpg"><br> This<br><img src="http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2011/10/best-of-green-2011-slide.jpg.644x0_q100_crop-smart.jpg"><br> is important, Sheryl! Do more!' This is not me leading Mark. This is <b>Mark</b> pushing everyone around him, including me, to be bold.<br> I'm grateful for that."It's true that Facebook always had generous maternity and paternity provisions.<br> Sandberg caused a stir when <b>she</b> admitted leaving the office at 5.30pm, so she could <b>see</b> her children <b>for</b> dinner. (She starts work again after they go to bed) A week after I see Sandberg, Marissa Mayer, CEO at Yahoo who famously returned to work two <b>weeks</b> after having a <b>baby</b> and who the word "feminist" seems to bring out in hives, banned all Yahoo staff from working at home. It was seen as a regressive move, but Sandberg won't say much beyond, "I make it clear in the <b>book</b> that <b>not</b> all the advice is applicable in every situation."<br> (Early at Facebook, when Sandberg asked Zuckerberg how she was doing, he said that my "desire to be liked <b>by</b> everyone would hold me back".)When it doesn't involve criticising someone else, she can be expansive on the subject of work/life <b>merge,</b> as it's now called. <b>"People</b> ask: does Facebook have flex-time? I'm like, if we had flex-time, everyone would feel chained to their <b>desk.</b> We have no time. I mean there are people who work here who I didn't meet for years because they never came.<br> No one had ever met them.<br> They worked here and were <b>great</b> and delivered great products. We have amazing amounts of flexibility and that's because we don't have a traditional power structure."Does<br> Facebook have a daycare centre? "We're not zoned for <b>daycare."</b> (One forgets: daycare is<object width='560' height='315'><param name='movie' value='https://www.youtube.com/v/8r1CZTLk-Gk?version=3&amp;hl=en_US'></param><param name='allowFullScreen' value='true'></param><param name='allowscriptaccess' value='always'></param><embed src='https://www.youtube.com/v/8r1CZTLk-Gk?version=3&amp;hl=en_US' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='560' height='315' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true'></embed></object> irrelevant when you can afford nannies.<br> "And people have done very <b>well</b> here financially, <a href = 'http://www.writerscafe.org/gesbionist'>so they </a> can afford the help they need.")There will be those who find this too obnoxious to bear; the superwealthy telling the rest of us how<object width='560' height='315'><param name='movie' value='https://www.youtube.com/v/C7hTAp6KrGY?version=3&amp;hl=en_US'></param><param name='allowFullScreen' value='true'></param><param name='allowscriptaccess' value='always'></param><embed src='https://www.youtube.com/v/C7hTAp6KrGY?version=3&amp;hl=en_US' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='560' height='315' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true'></embed></object> to get along better. But given the dearth of women CEOs, it seems absurd <b>to</b> criticise Sandberg on the grounds that her <b>advice</b> doesn't translate <b>to</b> the lower end of the scale.<br> She is talking about getting into the boardroom.<br><br><img src="http://global.fncstatic.com/static/managed/img/Scitech/dog%2520nose%2520detector.jpg"><br> But I wonder if Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead is in part a response to her guilt about having made so much <b>money;</b> the need to do something in <b>the</b> public interest."Oh,<br> absolutely. I mean, I'm funding leanin.org myself.<br> Personally.<br> For now. And if it gets really successful, I won't be able <b>to</b> <b>and</b> that would be awesome! Because I want to use some of the resources I have to help <b>other</b> women."She has found a mentor in Gloria Steinem, who read the book and offered suggestions, and whom Sandberg was probably<object width='560' height='315'><param name='movie' value='https://www.youtube.com/v/2matH4B9bTo?version=3&amp;hl=en_US'></param><param name='allowFullScreen' value='true'></param><param name='allowscriptaccess' value='always'></param><embed src='https://www.youtube.com/v/2matH4B9bTo?version=3&amp;hl=en_US' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='560' height='315' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true'></embed></object> surprised didn't act as a surer passport to <b>approval</b> from other<object width='560' height='315'><param name='movie' value='https://www.youtube.com/v/ghb6eDopW8I?version=3&amp;hl=en_US'></param><param name='allowFullScreen' value='true'></param><param name='allowscriptaccess' value='always'></param><embed src='https://www.youtube.com/v/ghb6eDopW8I?version=3&amp;hl=en_US' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='560' height='315' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true'></embed></object> feminists. <b>"I</b> feel very close to her and I feel very lucky. She changed my life. She <b>read</b> every word of that book; she called me with comments, she sent line edits.<br> I saved them all.<br> And I think she thinks that all of the things I'm doing, and that everyone is doing – she just wants to see action … and <b>people</b> taking <b>this</b> seriously and every individual treated as&nbsp;they should be."To accompany the book, she is inviting <b>women</b> to join "Lean In <b>circles",</b> a kind of group life coaching with worksheets.<br> In Sandberg's own home, her <b>daughter's</b> early management skills are banned from being <b>described,</b> by her son, as "bossy".<br> <b>In</b> the office, she is encouraging men to seek out female <b>mentees</b> and understand what happens when discreet networks fall along gender lines.<br> She has even inspired her mother. "She's turning 70 in a year and a half, and she's going to get bat<object width='560' height='315'><param name='movie' value='https://www.youtube.com/v/c4BLVznuWnU?version=3&amp;hl=en_US'></param><param name='allowFullScreen' value='true'></param><param name='allowscriptaccess' value='always'></param><embed src='https://www.youtube.com/v/c4BLVznuWnU?version=3&amp;hl=en_US' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='560' height='315' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true'></embed></object> mitzvahed. Because<br><img src="http://mirthbomb.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Japanese-wtf.jpg"><br> when she was growing up, her brothers got to and she didn't." There are worse uses for this kind of sales acumen. Sandberg smiles. "And I think that is her leaning <b>in."Sheryl<br></b> SandbergFacebookFeminismInternetSocial networkingEqualityGenderPayWork & careersFamily financesWomenEmployabilityHigher educationEmma Brockesguardian.co.uk &copy; 2013 Guardian <b>News</b> and Media Limited or its affiliated companies.<br> All rights reserved. | Use of this content is subject <b>to</b> our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds <b>When</b> he got his first-ever C on a history essay in high school, Noam Angrist stayed after school every day for the rest <b>of</b> the year, honing his writing with a teacher.<br> When an unexpected injury cut short his rowing career, he started coaching.<br> When a middle-school student he was tutoring refused to learn the standard material, Angrist introduced him to The Economist.Passionate<br> about education, economics, crew <b>and</b> making the world a better place, Angrist’s drive and work ethic are matched by his creativity and unconventional methods. The MIT senior<object width='560' height='315'><param name='movie' value='https://www.youtube.com/v/6_W_xLWtNa0?version=3&amp;hl=en_US'></param><param name='allowFullScreen' value='true'></param><param name='allowscriptaccess' value='always'></param><embed src='https://www.youtube.com/v/6_W_xLWtNa0?version=3&amp;hl=en_US' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='560' height='315' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true'></embed></object> believes anyone <b>can</b> learn to<br><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yRVNVAEGeVA/UBbCNBQVUTI/AAAAAAAAADw/zpdUXoeRIwc/s640/sad%2Bpics%2B(1).jpeg"><br> do anything.“I<br> don’t believe in natural talent,” he says — inspirational words, coming from a double major in math <b>and</b> economics who<object width='560' height='315'><param name='movie' value='https://www.youtube.com/v/9iiM__qYYhI?version=3&amp;hl=en_US'></param><param name='allowFullScreen' value='true'></param><param name='allowscriptaccess' value='always'></param><embed src='https://www.youtube.com/v/9iiM__qYYhI?version=3&amp;hl=en_US' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='560' height='315' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true'></embed></object> has contributed to several published research papers, a <b>stellar</b> rower turned coach, and the co-founder of a successful youth mentorship program.<br> Eight years ago, Angrist says, he was a <b>solid</b> student but had “no ambition athletically.” Then, when he was in eighth grade, his family moved to Israel for a year when his father — Joshua Angrist, the Ford Professor of <b>Economics</b> at MIT — took <b>a</b> fellowship at Hebrew University. “Everything was different,” Angrist remembers.<br> “The school doesn’t emphasize<object width='560' height='315'><param name='movie' value='https://www.youtube.com/v/fregObNcHC8?version=3&amp;hl=en_US'></param><param name='allowFullScreen' value='true'></param><param name='allowscriptaccess' value='always'></param><embed src='https://www.youtube.com/v/fregObNcHC8?version=3&amp;hl=en_US' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='560' height='315' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true'></embed></object> academics; they’re huge on athletics.”When he <b>walked</b> into gym class <b>on</b> the first <b>day,</b> Angrist was instructed to show how many pull-ups he could do.<br> “I couldn’t do a single one,” Angrist says.<br> “You can’t even do one pull-up, you sausage!” his gym teacher growled. “I walked out mortified,” <b>Angrist</b> remembers.From<br> that moment on,<br><img src="http://images2.fanpop.com/image/photos/9100000/Little-Lovely-Girl-sweety-babies-9180976-550-550.jpg"><br> Angrist had <b>a</b> goal: He stayed up late researching nutrition<object width='560' height='315'><param name='movie' value='https://www.youtube.com/v/_ejt9I6z3jw?version=3&amp;hl=en_US'></param><param name='allowFullScreen' value='true'></param><param name='allowscriptaccess' value='always'></param><embed src='https://www.youtube.com/v/_ejt9I6z3jw?version=3&amp;hl=en_US' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='560' height='315' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true'></embed></object> and athletics, making schedules of when he would eat, when he <b>would</b> exercise. He devoured fat-free cottage cheese, and he jumped rope every morning. “That’s just the way I <b>am,</b> when I have a focus,” Angrist says.Angrist became <b>a</b> star performer in his gym class — and the <a href = 'http://professor-oak.com/community/members/manturick.aspx'>student who </a> could<br><img src="http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs19/i/2007/280/2/f/Dragonfly_by_Akaeya_Lovely.jpg"><br> do the most <b>pull-ups.When</b> he returned to the United States for<object width='560' height='315'><param name='movie' value='https://www.youtube.com/v/_IzSLKE0YVg?version=3&amp;hl=en_US'></param><param name='allowFullScreen' value='true'></param><param name='allowscriptaccess' value='always'></param><embed src='https://www.youtube.com/v/_IzSLKE0YVg?version=3&amp;hl=en_US' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='560' height='315' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true'></embed></object> high school, Angrist took up crew, a sport that he says “gives you a chance <b>to</b> be the person you want to <b>be.”“It</b> <b>rewards</b> hard work,” he says. “And I worked really freakin’ hard.”<br> Despite being the shortest team member in a sport where height can make a big difference, Angrist says, he emerged as one of the best rowers and a team captain.<br> When a blood clot forced the removal<object width='560' height='315'><param name='movie' value='https://www.youtube.com/v/fyMhvkC3A84?version=3&amp;hl=en_US'></param><param name='allowFullScreen' value='true'></param><param name='allowscriptaccess' value='always'></param><embed src='https://www.youtube.com/v/fyMhvkC3A84?version=3&amp;hl=en_US' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='560' height='315' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true'></embed></object> of one of his ribs — ending his rowing career — Angrist switched to coaching the Brookline High School novice boys’ team. He was decades younger than <b>his</b> fellow coaches, <b>but</b> still led his boats to gold medals in the state championships.To<br> Angrist, coaching crew was a chance to make a measurable difference. “As a coach, I’m the independent variable, and the success of the students is the dependent variable,” he says.<br> “I wouldn’t do anything if I <b>didn’t</b> feel like it<object width='560' height='315'><param name='movie' value='https://www.youtube.com/v/8Pa9x9fZBtY?version=3&amp;hl=en_US'></param><param name='allowFullScreen' value='true'></param><param name='allowscriptaccess' value='always'></param><embed src='https://www.youtube.com/v/8Pa9x9fZBtY?version=3&amp;hl=en_US' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='560' height='315' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true'></embed></object> had a direct and tangible impact.” Though Angrist is a tough coach, he says, his rowers are grateful.<br> They may never see him smile,<object width='560' height='315'><param name='movie' value='https://www.youtube.com/v/9La40WwO-lU?version=3&amp;hl=en_US'></param><param name='allowFullScreen' value='true'></param><param name='allowscriptaccess' value='always'></param><embed src='https://www.youtube.com/v/9La40WwO-lU?version=3&amp;hl=en_US' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='560' height='315' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true'></embed></object> but he says, “Kids know when you invest your heart and soul in something.” Crew has helped him succeed as well: Despite the intense time commitment, Angrist says, it helped him focus and excel in his <b>studies.</b> Now,<object width='560' height='315'><param name='movie' value='https://www.youtube.com/v/_yj3mKNQ0A4?version=3&amp;hl=en_US'></param><param name='allowFullScreen' value='true'></param><param name='allowscriptaccess' value='always'></param><embed src='https://www.youtube.com/v/_yj3mKNQ0A4?version=3&amp;hl=en_US' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='560' height='315' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true'></embed></object> he helps others do <b>the</b> same. At <b>the</b> end of their sophomore year at the Institute, Angrist and fellow MIT senior Ron Rosenberg founded Amphibious Achievement, an athletic and academic mentorship program for low-income high school students in Boston.<br> Amphibious Achievement has been featured <b>in</b> local <b>and</b> national publications, and students in the program have shown marked progress in school and on the water.<br> Angrist knows because he’s been keeping careful track.As a student of economics and math, Angrist values data-based evidence and advocates its<object width='560' height='315'><param name='movie' value='https://www.youtube.com/v/5i7GEMQC2IY?version=3&amp;hl=en_US'></param><param name='allowFullScreen' value='true'></param><param name='allowscriptaccess' value='always'></param><embed src='https://www.youtube.com/v/5i7GEMQC2IY?version=3&amp;hl=en_US' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='560' height='315' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true'></embed></object> use in <b>the</b> creation of policies and programs.<br> In Amphibious Achievement as well as in TechLit <b>—</b> a project he recently started <b>to</b> evaluate the use of Kindle e-readers in schools — Angrist makes sure to <b>keep</b> a careful record of students’ progress.“We<br> need to revolutionize the way we <b>run</b> and create programs, because right now it’s not based on evidence,” Angrist says. “It’s shocking how much policy is made on the basis of politics and opinions.”Angrist is working to collect that evidence and to bridge the gap between science and policy.<br> He has spent the last three years working with MIT Professor of Economics Jon Gruber <b>to</b> research <b>the</b> impact of the 2010 Affordable Care Act. In summer 2011, Angrist worked in Washington at the Council of Economic Advisors, a group that advises the president on economic policy. His work <b>included</b> the design of “randomized trials to analyze <b>the</b> effectiveness of educational software” — something he<br><img src="http://image.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/2700/109065431/stock-photo-lovely-brunette-holding-a-cup-of-coffee-while-smelling-it-s-sweet-aroma-with-her-eyes-closed-109065431.jpg"><br> is currently putting into practice with TechLit.<br> This past summer, Angrist returned to Washington to work for<br><img src="http://moviegalleri.net/wp-content/gallery/aadi-shanvi-lovely-movie-stills/aadi_shanvi_lovely_movie_stills_5200.jpg"><br> the World Bank’s education sector.<br> “I am super-passionate about the power of economics to do good,” Angrist says.Though he knows change ultimately must come from high-level policy <b>decisions,</b> Angrist <b>has</b> spent a lot of time on the ground, working <b>personally</b> with the students <b>he</b> is trying to<br><img src="http://funnybonecentral.com/ComicImage/84b1eea2-d6b1-4a35-8207-0be7d2939066/6db1ce6f-097d-4ebf-b14e-f0f1a521cd89/320/510/Y/N"><br> help. In that time, he has seen kids who were slack-jawed in the face of standardized test problems become engaged and excited in discussions of <b>articles</b> <b>from</b> The Economist<br><img src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17g8es152xj3kjpg/xlarge.jpg"><br> and <b>history</b> books.<br> He insists that it is important for learning to be fun.<br> “Even though I am a data-driven guy with a heavy math background, what really inspires me — and the reason I think my programs are effective — are the first-hand connections and experiences <b>I’ve</b> had,” Angrist says. “Kids <b>won’t</b> care how much you know until they know how much you care.”Facebook<br> boss Sheryl Sandberg argues that women lose out in the workplace because they don't negotiate for themselves<br><img src="http://image.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/2700/109065431/stock-photo-lovely-brunette-holding-a-cup-of-coffee-while-smelling-it-s-sweet-aroma-with-her-eyes-closed-109065431.jpg"><br> and, if they do, are punished for itIn October 2011,<object width='560' height='315'><param name='movie' value='https://www.youtube.com/v/9La40WwO-lU?version=3&amp;hl=en_US'></param><param name='allowFullScreen' value='true'></param><param name='allowscriptaccess' value='always'></param><embed src='https://www.youtube.com/v/9La40WwO-lU?version=3&amp;hl=en_US' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='560' height='315' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true'></embed></object> Jocelyn Goldfein, one<object width='560' height='315'><param name='movie' value='https://www.youtube.com/v/4qZy6ARqGC4?version=3&amp;hl=en_US'></param><param name='allowFullScreen' value='true'></param><param name='allowscriptaccess' value='always'></param><embed src='https://www.youtube.com/v/4qZy6ARqGC4?version=3&amp;hl=en_US' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='560' height='315' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true'></embed></object> of the engineering&nbsp;directors at Facebook, held a <b>meeting</b> with our female engineers where she encouraged them to share the progress they had made on the products they were building. Silence. No one wanted to toot her own horn.<br> <b>Who</b> would want to speak up <b>when</b> self-promoting women are disliked? <a href = 'http://forums.cervelo.com/members/cingfirsras.aspx'>Jocelyn switched </a> her approach. Instead of asking the women to talk about themselves, she asked <b>them</b> to tell one another's stories. The exercise became communal, which put everyone at ease.Owning one's success is key to achieving <b>more</b> success. Professional advancement depends upon people believing that an employee is contributing to good results. Men can comfortably claim <b>credit</b> <b>for</b> what they do as long as they don't veer<br><img src="http://global.fncstatic.com/static/managed/img/Scitech/dog%2520nose%2520detector.jpg"><br> into arrogance. For women, taking credit comes at a real social and professional cost.<br> In fact, a woman who explains why she is qualified <b>or</b> mentions previous successes in a <b>job</b> interview can lower her chances of getting hired.As if this double bind were not enough to navigate, gendered stereotypes can also lead to women <b>having</b> to do additional work without additional reward. When a man helps a colleague, the recipient feels indebted to him and is highly likely to<br><img src="http://images2.fanpop.com/image/photos/9100000/Little-Lovely-Girl-sweety-babies-9180976-550-550.jpg"><br> return the favor. But when a woman helps out, the feeling of indebtedness is weaker.<br> She's communal, right? She wants to help others. Columbia Business School professor Frank Flynn calls this the "gender discount" problem, and it means that women are paying a professional penalty for their presumed desire to be communal. On the other hand, <b>when</b> a man helps a <b>coworker,</b> it's<object width='560' height='315'><param name='movie' value='https://www.youtube.com/v/8FbF18hDosw?version=3&amp;hl=en_US'></param><param name='allowFullScreen' value='true'></param><param name='allowscriptaccess' value='always'></param><embed src='https://www.youtube.com/v/8FbF18hDosw?version=3&amp;hl=en_US' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='560' height='315' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true'></embed></object> considered an imposition and he<object width='560' height='315'><param name='movie' value='https://www.youtube.com/v/5_LxyhCJpsM?version=3&amp;hl=en_US'></param><param name='allowFullScreen' value='true'></param><param name='allowscriptaccess' value='always'></param><embed src='https://www.youtube.com/v/5_LxyhCJpsM?version=3&amp;hl=en_US' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='560' height='315' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true'></embed></object> <b>is</b> compensated with more favourable <b>performance</b> evaluations and rewards like salary<br><img src="http://la-bike.org/sites/default/files/Websiteimages/120610_31198_la-river-ride_kids-course-cone.jpg"><br> increases<br><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eXx1jcaXtCM/TV3qfB4Sa5I/AAAAAAAAATM/JSK1IBHqvfw/s1600/preity_zinta.jpg"><br> and bonuses. Even more frustrating, when a woman declines to <b>help</b> a colleague, she often <b>receives</b> less favourable reviews and fewer rewards.<br> But a man who declines to help? He pays no penalty.Because<br> of these unfair expectations, women find themselves <b>in</b> "damned if they <b>do"</b> and "doomed if they don't"<br><img src="http://la-bike.org/sites/default/files/Websiteimages/120610_31198_la-river-ride_kids-course-cone.jpg"><br> situations.<br> This is especially true when it comes<br><img src="http://mostbeautifulflower.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/red-rose-flower-wallpaper-5.jpg"><br> to negotiations concerning <b>compensation,</b> benefits, titles, and other perks. By and large, men <b>negotiate</b> more than women. A study that looked at the starting salaries of students graduating with a master's degree from Carnegie Mellon University found that 57% of the <b>male</b> students, but only 7% of the female students, tried to <b>negotiate</b> for a <b>higher</b> offer.<object width='560' height='315'><param name='movie' value='https://www.youtube.com/v/9iiM__qYYhI?version=3&amp;hl=en_US'></param><param name='allowFullScreen' value='true'></param><param name='allowscriptaccess' value='always'></param><embed src='https://www.youtube.com/v/9iiM__qYYhI?version=3&amp;hl=en_US' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='560' height='315' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true'></embed></object> But instead of blaming <b>women</b> for not negotiating more, we need to recognise that women often have good cause to be reluctant to advocate for their <b>own</b> interests because doing so can easily backfire.There is little downside when men <b>negotiate</b> for themselves. People expect&nbsp;men to advocate<object width='560' height='315'><param name='movie' value='https://www.youtube.com/v/9oBlnb5orJo?version=3&amp;hl=en_US'></param><param name='allowFullScreen' value='true'></param><param name='allowscriptaccess' value='always'></param><embed src='https://www.youtube.com/v/9oBlnb5orJo?version=3&amp;hl=en_US' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='560' height='315' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true'></embed></object> on their own behalf, point out their <b>contributions,</b> and be recognised <b>and</b> rewarded for them. For men, there is truly no harm in asking. But since women <b>are</b> expected<br><img src="http://funnybonecentral.com/ComicImage/84b1eea2-d6b1-4a35-8207-0be7d2939066/6db1ce6f-097d-4ebf-b14e-f0f1a521cd89/320/510/Y/N"><br> to be<br><img src="http://cdn.motinetwork.net/motifake.com/image/demotivational-poster/1204/wtf-baby-demotivational-posters-1335795185.jpg"><br> concerned<br><img src="http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs19/i/2007/280/2/f/Dragonfly_by_Akaeya_Lovely.jpg"><br> with others, when they advocate for themselves or point to their own value, both men and women react unfavourably.<br> Interestingly, women can <b>negotiate</b> as <b>well</b> or even more successfully than men when negotiating <b>for</b> others (such as their<br><img src="http://i.usatoday.net/life/_photos/2012/01/29/TV-tonight-House-Gossip-Girl-Bachelor-CUTOCBM-x-large.jpg"><br> company or a colleague), <b>because</b> in these cases, their<br><img src="http://idleeflthoughts.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/best-job.jpg"><br> advocacy does not<br><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/81e53912fe2e1db579524cd6aa1b4acc/tumblr_mflxag5MK11qinh7xo1_500.jpg"><br> make them appear self-serving.<br> However, when a woman negotiates on her own behalf, she violates the perceived gender norm. <b>Both</b> male and female colleagues often resist working <b>with</b> a woman who has negotiated <b>for</b> a higher salary because she's seen <b>as</b> more demanding than <b>a</b> woman <b>who</b> refrained from negotiating. Even when a woman negotiates successfully for herself, she can pay a longer-term cost in goodwill and future&nbsp;advancement.When I was negotiating with Facebook's founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg for my compensation, he made me an offer that <b>I</b> thought was fair.<br> We had been having dinner several&nbsp;nights <b>a</b> week for more than a month and a half, discussing Facebook's&nbsp;mission and his vision for the future. I&nbsp;was ready to accept the job. No, I &nbsp;was dying to accept the job. My husband, Dave, kept telling me to negotiate, but I&nbsp;was afraid of doing anything that might botch the deal. I&nbsp;could play <b>hardball,</b> but then maybe Mark would not want<br><img src="http://amazingthingsworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/amazing-nature-pictures6.jpg"><br> to work with me. Was it worth it when I knew that ultimately I was going to accept the offer? I concluded it was not. But right before I was about to say yes, my exasperated brother-in-law, Marc Bodnick, blurted out: "Damn it, Sheryl! Why are you going to make less than any man would make to do the same job?"My brother-in-law didn't know the details of my deal.<br> His point was simply that no man at my level would <a href = 'http://www.dandyid.org/id/520623'>consider taking </a> the first offer.<br> This was motivating.<br> <b>I</b> went back to Mark and said that I couldn't accept, but I prefaced it<object width='560' height='315'><param name='movie' value='https://www.youtube.com/v/86HWAni3wic?version=3&amp;hl=en_US'></param><param name='allowFullScreen' value='true'></param><param name='allowscriptaccess' value='always'></param><embed src='https://www.youtube.com/v/86HWAni3wic?version=3&amp;hl=en_US' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='560' height='315' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true'></embed></object> by telling him: "Of course, you realise <b>that</b> <b>you're</b> hiring me to run your deal teams, so you want me to be a good negotiator. This is the only time you and<br><img src="http://images2.fanpop.com/image/photos/9100000/Little-Lovely-Girl-sweety-babies-9180976-550-550.jpg"><br> I will ever be on opposite sides of the table." Then I negotiated hard, followed by a nervous night wondering if I had blown it.<br><img src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17g8es152xj3kjpg/xlarge.jpg"><br> But Mark called me the next day. He resolved the gap by improving my offer, extending the terms of my contract from four to five years and allowing me to buy into the company as well. His creative solution not only closed the deal, but also set us up for a longer-term alignment of interests.Everyone needs to get more comfortable with female leaders – including female leaders themselves. Since 1999, editor of Fortune magazine Pattie Sellers has overseen an annual conference that she calls the Most Powerful Women Summit.<br> On my first night there in 2005, I was in the lounge with two close friends, Diana Farrell, then head of the McKinsey Global Institute, and Sue Decker, then CFO of Yahoo. We <b>were</b> talking about the name&nbsp;of the conference, and I mentioned that when I saw the title on Google's corporate calendar, <b>I&nbsp;asked</b> for the name to be changed to<br><img src="http://maxcdn.thedesigninspiration.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Lovely-sunflower-l.jpg"><br> Fortune Women's Conference.<br> Diana&nbsp;and Sue laughed and said&nbsp;that they had&nbsp;done the exact same thing.Later,<br> <b>Pattie</b> explained that she and her colleagues chose this name on purpose to force women to confront<br><img src="http://mirthbomb.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Japanese-wtf.jpg"><br> their own power and feel more comfortable with that word. I still struggle with this.<br> I am fine applying the word "powerful" to other women – the more the better – <b>but</b> I still shake my head in denial<object width='560' height='315'><param name='movie' value='https://www.youtube.com/v/4qZy6ARqGC4?version=3&amp;hl=en_US'></param><param name='allowFullScreen' value='true'></param><param name='allowscriptaccess' value='always'></param><embed src='https://www.youtube.com/v/4qZy6ARqGC4?version=3&amp;hl=en_US' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='560' height='315' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true'></embed></object> when<object width='560' height='315'><param name='movie' value='https://www.youtube.com/v/_ejt9I6z3jw?version=3&amp;hl=en_US'></param><param name='allowFullScreen' value='true'></param><param name='allowscriptaccess' value='always'></param><embed src='https://www.youtube.com/v/_ejt9I6z3jw?version=3&amp;hl=en_US' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='560' height='315' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true'></embed></object> it is applied to me.<br><br><img src="http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs19/i/2007/280/2/f/Dragonfly_by_Akaeya_Lovely.jpg"><br> The <b>nagging</b> <b>voice</b> in the back of my head reminds me, as it did in business school, "Don't flaunt your success, or even let people know about your success.<br> If<object width='560' height='315'><param name='movie' value='https://www.youtube.com/v/_IzSLKE0YVg?version=3&amp;hl=en_US'></param><param name='allowFullScreen' value='true'></param><param name='allowscriptaccess' value='always'></param><embed src='https://www.youtube.com/v/_IzSLKE0YVg?version=3&amp;hl=en_US' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='560' height='315' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true'></embed></object> you do, <b>people</b> won't like you."Less<br> than six months after I started <b>at</b> Facebook, Mark and I <b>sat</b> down for my first formal<object width='560' height='315'><param name='movie' value='https://www.youtube.com/v/fyMhvkC3A84?version=3&amp;hl=en_US'></param><param name='allowFullScreen' value='true'></param><param name='allowscriptaccess' value='always'></param><embed src='https://www.youtube.com/v/fyMhvkC3A84?version=3&amp;hl=en_US' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='560' height='315' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true'></embed></object> review.<br> One of the things he told me was that my desire to <b>be</b> liked by everyone would hold me back.<br> He said that when you <b>want</b> to change things, you can't please everyone.<br> If you do please everyone, you aren't making enough progress.<br> Mark was right.FacebookEqualityWomenInternetSocial networkingGenderMark ZuckerbergSheryl Sandbergguardian.co.uk &copy; 2013 Guardian <b>News</b> and Media Limited or<br><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/81e53912fe2e1db579524cd6aa1b4acc/tumblr_mflxag5MK11qinh7xo1_500.jpg"><br> its affiliated companies. All rights reserved.<br> | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds <b>Whether</b> or not the functional cure of a <b>child</b> with HIV can be replicated, misinformation and lack <b>of</b> testing fails those at riskFor the baby, of<br><img src="http://blog.sndimg.com/hgtv/design/lili/lovely-love.jpg"><br> course, this – the first functional cure of infant HIV <b>–</b> is a <b>miracle,</b> a lottery win, an accidental medical breakthrough that will rid this child of so much more than just the<br><img src="http://funnybonecentral.com/ComicImage/84b1eea2-d6b1-4a35-8207-0be7d2939066/6db1ce6f-097d-4ebf-b14e-f0f1a521cd89/320/510/Y/N"><br> virus. It will free them from decades of drugs and a <b>lifetime</b> of stigma. They will grow up unencumbered by the nagging knowledge that a<object width='560' height='315'><param name='movie' value='https://www.youtube.com/v/5i7GEMQC2IY?version=3&amp;hl=en_US'></param><param name='allowFullScreen' value='true'></param><param name='allowscriptaccess' value='always'></param><embed src='https://www.youtube.com/v/5i7GEMQC2IY?version=3&amp;hl=en_US' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='560' height='315' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true'></embed></object> compromised immune system, however well managed with medication, might make them more vulnerable to diseases.<br> They will not need their own specialist HIV consultant, to be visited every few months.<br> They will not need their internal organs scrutinised with bi-annual regularity to ensure the pills aren't damaging them too much. The <b>child's</b> liver, if it <b>could,</b> would jump out and hug the <b>doctors</b> <b>who</b> have saved it from that.And indeed, Dr Hannah <b>Gay,</b> <b>along</b> with the team <b>at</b> the University <b>of</b> Mississippi medical centre that treated the now two-and-a-half-year-old, deserve a few billion hugs. Their intervention – opting for a beefed-up treatment for the then 30-hour-old baby – will be hailed<br><img src="http://content5.videojug.com/8b/8bcaddbe-40d5-f0b6-5412-ff0008cd853f/how-to-make-a-girl-happy.WidePlayer.jpg%3Fv2"><br> <b>as</b> a creative, calculated risk that history will long applaud. It is right that the cure has reached the worldwide front pages and television screens across the globe.I simply urge caution. We have been here before, with an adult.<br> The <b>so-called</b> "Berlin patient" was, <b>in</b> 2008, also functionally cured.<br> Then, <b>as</b> now, hope vibrated though the medical community and those living with the virus.<br> So far, this adult functional cure has yet to be replicated.<br> There is burgeoning optimism about <b>a</b> real, workable cure within our lifetime, but we<object width='560' height='315'><param name='movie' value='https://www.youtube.com/v/9La40WwO-lU?version=3&amp;hl=en_US'></param><param name='allowFullScreen' value='true'></param><param name='allowscriptaccess' value='always'></param><embed src='https://www.youtube.com/v/9La40WwO-lU?version=3&amp;hl=en_US' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='560' height='315' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true'></embed></object> are far from there yet and there is much to <b>be</b> gained from downplaying this<br><img src="http://images2.fanpop.com/images/photos/3100000/the-simpsons-vs-family-guy-the-simpsons-vs-family-guy-3145242-600-638.jpg"><br> latest development.In<br> 2007, I was interviewing British HIV-positive teenagers for a magazine article, when a troubling<br><img src="http://media.artofbeauty.com/913713.ZP_Lovely_banner1.jpg"><br> picture emerged.<br> "I thought there was a cure," said one. "I didn't think it was anything worse than chlamydia," said another. And on and on came the responses: a cauldron of ignorance cooked up by the inadequacies of Britain's sex education classes.<br> It became clear things had not changed much in the past few decades – I asked my teacher in<object width='560' height='315'><param name='movie' value='https://www.youtube.com/v/-fmwxaBjFGM?version=3&amp;hl=en_US'></param><param name='allowFullScreen' value='true'></param><param name='allowscriptaccess' value='always'></param><embed src='https://www.youtube.com/v/-fmwxaBjFGM?version=3&amp;hl=en_US' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='560' height='315' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true'></embed></object> 1989 about gay sex and was told "that isn't sex".None<br> of the interviewees were given sufficient information about safer sex to make informed choices.<br> None of them were told anything about gay sex. Section 28 still haunts our youth. <b>Teachers,</b> gagged <b>for</b> so <b>long</b> about homosexuality, instead need to be told the opposite: you must talk about love and intimacy <b>with</b> the same sex; it will save lives.<br> And <b>so,</b> as news breaks across the world with innumerable headlines containing the words "HIV" and "cure", will there be enough education to explain the meaning of this breakthrough?Or will <b>this,</b> combined with the vague knowledge that medication has transformed <b>the</b> health of positive people, feed into the false notion that a condom is not necessary?<object width='560' height='315'><param name='movie' value='https://www.youtube.com/v/5i7GEMQC2IY?version=3&amp;hl=en_US'></param><param name='allowFullScreen' value='true'></param><param name='allowscriptaccess' value='always'></param><embed src='https://www.youtube.com/v/5i7GEMQC2IY?version=3&amp;hl=en_US' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='560' height='315' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true'></embed></object> Condom use has already fallen by 26% among men who have sex with men, prompting a <b>peak</b> in transmissions.We must not bask in this baby news but make swift, radical changes. No child should leave any school – faith or secular – without knowing the full <b>facts</b> about sex, condoms and sexually transmitted infections.<br> And the Department of <b>Health</b> must fund and implement radical,<object width='560' height='315'><param name='movie' value='https://www.youtube.com/v/1RnPB76mjxI?version=3&amp;hl=en_US'></param><param name='allowFullScreen' value='true'></param><param name='allowscriptaccess' value='always'></param><embed src='https://www.youtube.com/v/1RnPB76mjxI?version=3&amp;hl=en_US' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='560' height='315' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true'></embed></object> proactive<object width='560' height='315'><param name='movie' value='https://www.youtube.com/v/7SDec1UCzJ4?version=3&amp;hl=en_US'></param><param name='allowFullScreen' value='true'></param><param name='allowscriptaccess' value='always'></param><embed src='https://www.youtube.com/v/7SDec1UCzJ4?version=3&amp;hl=en_US' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='560' height='315' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true'></embed></object> testing programmes.<br> When a diagnosis is given, and then, when necessary,<object width='560' height='315'><param name='movie' value='https://www.youtube.com/v/-fmwxaBjFGM?version=3&amp;hl=en_US'></param><param name='allowFullScreen' value='true'></param><param name='allowscriptaccess' value='always'></param><embed src='https://www.youtube.com/v/-fmwxaBjFGM?version=3&amp;hl=en_US' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='560' height='315' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true'></embed></object> medication, the drugs (normally) lower the<br><img src="http://la-bike.org/sites/default/files/Websiteimages/120610_31198_la-river-ride_kids-course-cone.jpg"><br> viral load to undetectable levels, meaning the positive person <b>becomes</b> 96% less infectious. It is therefore the untested and unmedicated who are unwittingly keeping the transmission rates buoyant. With more than 22,000 people <b>–</b> nearly a quarter of HIV-positive people <b>–</b> unaware of their <b>status,</b> <b>the</b> need for testing is vital. <b>But</b> where <b>are</b><br><img src="http://news.menshealth.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/stk107962cor1.jpg"><br> the urgent, creative initiatives?In San Francisco two years ago, I was dawdling down Castro Street, the heart of its gay district, when a man with a clipboard (a <b>chugger,</b> I thought), stopped me.<br> "Would you like an HIV <b>test</b> right now?" he asked – a makeshift testing clinic had been set up. Although taken aback, had I not <b>just</b> had one in London, I <b>would</b> have taken him up on the offer. Countless others had.<br> Many are saved this way.If the government is serious about HIV, it must reach out like this, and in our national curriculum. The Terrence <b>Higgins</b> trust is serious: it has recently launched a free, postal testing service. And so, as doctors celebrate saving a baby from HIV, the most powerful, meaningful way for all of us to join in <b>is</b> to potentially save ourselves and others too: to take the test.Aids<br> and HIVSexual <b>healthHealthMedical</b> researchPatrick Strudwickguardian.co.uk &copy; 2013 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated <b>companies.<br></b> All rights reserved.<br> | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More <b>Feeds</b> More than three-quarters of the nation's public schools could soon be labeled <b>"failing"</b> under the federal No Child Left Behind Act, the Obama administration said Wednesday as it increased efforts to revamp the signature education initiative of President George W. <b>Bush.<br></b> <b>Back</b> in 2004, this blog started <b>out</b> as seven<object width='560' height='315'><param name='movie' value='https://www.youtube.com/v/9BAM9fgV-ts?version=3&amp;hl=en_US'></param><param name='allowFullScreen' value='true'></param><param name='allowscriptaccess' value='always'></param><embed src='https://www.youtube.com/v/9BAM9fgV-ts?version=3&amp;hl=en_US' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='560' height='315' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true'></embed></object> separate blogs--Wireless, WiFi, Wireless Development, Bluetooth, Ultra Wideband, WiMax,<br><img src="http://blog.sndimg.com/hgtv/design/lili/lovely-love.jpg"><br> and RFID.<br> In January of last year, all of those blogs were consolidated into one "super blog"--The Wireless Report. Americans are divided over who would be to blame for a potential government shutdown, with large numbers saying Republicans and<object width='560' height='315'><param name='movie' value='https://www.youtube.com/v/AE-qnvL4xh0?version=3&amp;hl=en_US'></param><param name='allowFullScreen' value='true'></param><param name='allowscriptaccess' value='always'></param><embed src='https://www.youtube.com/v/AE-qnvL4xh0?version=3&amp;hl=en_US' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='560' height='315' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true'></embed></object> President Obama are playing politics with the issue, according to <b>a</b><object width='560' height='315'><param name='movie' value='https://www.youtube.com/v/5i7GEMQC2IY?version=3&amp;hl=en_US'></param><param name='allowFullScreen' value='true'></param><param name='allowscriptaccess' value='always'></param><embed src='https://www.youtube.com/v/5i7GEMQC2IY?version=3&amp;hl=en_US' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='560' height='315' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true'></embed></object> new Washington Post poll. As I've said over and over again, more money doesn't mean your money problems go away. Take the possible lockout of National Football League players, who are in a contract <b>dispute</b> with team owners. If there is a <b>lockout,</b> many players, despite hefty annual incomes, would struggle to pay their

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