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And you know, i have two girls, who have been leaning in, since the day they were born. i think theyre both very interested in the outside world and in life outside of themselves. when you go through those teenage years, teenagers are usually very self-conscious and my advice, always, to teenagers and young people is to move outside of yourself, by looking at other people, but looking at ways you can use your own talents to either help other people or support other people or develop your interes...

>> what do you think of that notion? that women are holding themselves back? >> i think what sheryl sandberg is saying is that essentially women have internalized some of the messages that they have been given as young as little girls, when we called girls bossy for their behavior, assigned a negative term for their behavior. i think theres some truth to it. i think there is somewhat of an ambition gap. >> theres a lot of backlash against her for this. >> there is. there are two points of view. ...

And in life outside of themselves. when you go through those teenage years, teenagers are usually very self-conscious and my advice, always, to teenagers and young people is to move outside of yourself, by ralooki at other people, but looking at ways you can use your own talents to either help other people or support other people or develop your interests. and i would say that barbara and jen certainly have done that. >> leaning in. and now jenna is having a baby and leaning in, its hard. >> so ...

>> what do you think of that notion, that women are holding themselves back? >> well, i think what cheryl sandberg is saying is that, essentially, women have internalized some of the messages that theyve been given as young as little girls, when we call girls bossy for their behavior. a sign, essentially, a negative term for their behavior. i think theres some truth to it. i thinks there somewhat of an ambition gap. >> patty, theres a lot of backlash against her for this. >> there is. there are ...

When you go through those teenaged years, teenagers are usually very self-conscious and my advice always to teenagers and young people is to move outside of yourself by looking at other people, by looking at ways you can use your own talents to either help other people or support other people or develop your interests. i would say barbara and jen have certainly done that. >> leaning in and now jenna is having a baby and leaning in hard. >> exactly. shell have all of it. >> "time" called that boo...

There are structural and institutional barriers to women were aware of. her focus in this conversation is how have women internalized some of the barriers and are they sometimes holding themselves become a. >> "the sisters are doing it to themselves, for a variety of reasons theyre not aiming high enough, theyre underestimating their abilities, theyre doing too much housework and child care, theyre compromising their career goals for partners and children even when such partners and children do ...

Our country in the college educated part of the population, men are more ambitious than women. theyre more ambitious the day they graduate from college. they remain more ambitious every step along the career path. we will never close the achievement gap until we close the ambition gap. >> so is it womens fault? do we have to be more ambitious and work harder? >> look, first of all, congratulations to sheryl sandberg on being the first woman at facebook on the board. i hope there are many more. b...