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Sheryl Sandberg's Criticism Of 'Lean In'

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In 2013, Sheryl Sandberg released the best – selling novel, Lean in, that calls on professional women to “lean in” by aiming for leadership positions in their jobs and examines what factors prevent woman from doing so. Last year, her non – profit organization launched a public awareness campaign, Lean In Together, or #LeanInTogether, to partner with the NBA and WNBA. This campaign was focused on men’s roles in reaching gender equality. However, the book and campaign has faced its criticism. Reviewers have deemed the book too narrowly focused on women like Sandberg who are educated, white, and provided with opportunities out of the reach of an average female. Other critics have questioned Sandberg’s relevant guidance to the average woman, since …show more content…

I choose FIFA because of the giant inequality gap between the men and the women. LeanIn is designed the bring men and women together, and FIFA should embrace this as it’s been proven that there is a big audience for women’s soccer. 26.7 million viewers watched the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup Final. However, women’s soccer is not treated equally with the men. Sepp Blatter is on record saying that women players should wear short shorts to gain more viewers. Also, the women World Cup games were played on artificial turf causing opposed to the men who played on grass, and men’s games are given incredible investment and promotion, that the women do not receive. The FIFA LeanIn program would heavily emphasize promoting the women as equal to the men. Giving the women players the same type of investment given to promoting the men can go a long way to driving interest and attendance for the women. To further promote this movement, men’s leagues such as the Premier League can invoke a uniform change where players wear jersey badges that promote the LeanIn campaign along with placing banners around the field. Without heavily investing into equal rights and equipment, the gap between the men and women will never

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