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Theres a lot of different factors at play here. we pulled numbers for you. analysis from the institute of womens policy research. in nursing women do better. make 88 cents. customer service, closest level of parody, in retail, 68%. weekly earnings of american and women, see it there, too. the average male worker brings home more per week than a woman does. this is not dependent on what they do for a living, just on average. women make $706 a week. men make $860. i think this is changing when you...

Her fame to draw other bold face name to her "lean in" campaign which includes jane lynch, diane von furstenberg and, yes, beyonce. heres queen bee in a spot for "lean in". >> im not bossy. im the boss. >> more on banning bossy and the way we talk to girls and women coming up next. hris. im a messy person. i dont like cleaning. i love my son, but he never cleans up. always leaves a trail of crumbs behind. youre going to have a problem with getting a wife. uh, yeah, i guess. [ laughs ] this is ri...

The billion-dollar challenge backed by warren buffett you get the whole thing right. billionaire or millionaire? >> billionaire. >> it could be the new rallying cry for young girls. ban bossy. facebooks c.o.o. sheryl sandburg launched the ban bossy campaign last week. its gone viral. sandberg creator of lean in says when a little boy asserts himself, hes called a leader. when a little girl does it, shes often called bossy. several celebrities are on board including beyonce, jennifer garner and f...

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Every you fashion with a breath of your own spirit. thank you so much for putting me in this position. this has been the joy of my life. >> a really special moment there, michelle, and it was also an extraordinary social media moment involving lupita and others when ellen took out her samsung, a big plug for them there, and she did this great thing, lets watch it. >> and then, you get in here too, julia. lean in, channing if you could get in also. bradley, i want you all in it, jennifer, you als...

And other media that has been seen and widely derided as sexist. tell us about that piece of it and comment on something that i think is interesting that the lean-in campaign is doing, which is trying to get getty images and their stock photos to think more about the stock photos and theyre working to accommodate that. >> yeah, i think advertisers and companies are also realizing that women arent this niche market, they are the market. its finally -- lean-in recognizes and other people at the sa...

So set the vcr. sony is making a movie out of lean in, the best seller from facebook ceo sheryl sandberg. its not going to be a bio pick. they will try to come up with an original story line out of it. sandbergs book is not universally beloved. it made her sound elitist, some say, especially to working moms. can a nationally televised rant really pay off? you bet it can. thats coming up next in the sports lead.

Welcome back. im melissa harris-perry, and we are back with the annual nerdland look back in laughter. ill tell you what, the mainstream media talked a lot about feminism this year. lean in, leaning out. having it all! beyonce, uh! miley. michelle obama. wendy davis. mala malala, janet yellin. and republicans learning how to talk to women. its been quite a year for the ladies. so once again, my panel this morning is actor and performer, pia glen, co-host of citizen radio, jamie killstein, dean o...

When i think -- i truly believe the most beautiful women are the women that age gracefully. spoke friend a woman whos aging, i dont know gracefully, but aging. me, too. im not doing nothing. too much work. okay. another topic -- sticking with the ladies of technology, cheryl sandberg. she pushed women to lean in in her new book, but it came with controversy. >> it does. she had this book and movement encouraging women to do more to get ahead. the controversy really was from women saying, wait a ...

Your job is going to let you down. >> if its something you want in life. i dont think you take getting a job more seriously than looking for a family. and looking for that other fulfillment in life which is another conversation. to your story and now to katty kay, i think its interesting because we do have the book that i wrote but also the book that cheryl called "lean in." youre supposed to say it. youre supposed to say i need this to be with my child for a few months. i actually venture to be...