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ニューズアワーのIs Sheryl Sandburg's 'Lean In' Elitist or Universal?ように大きな議論を起こしているこの本ですが、彼女の本に何が書いてあるのか、彼女の伝えたいことは何か、まずその辺りを理解したいですよね。



ちょっと別件で調べていてハーバードビジネスレビューに彼女のインタビューが載っていたのを知りました。ポッドキャストでは25分程度のインタビューを聴くことができます。

Sheryl Sandberg: The HBR Interview
by HBR IdeaCast | 6:22 PM March 14, 2013

TRANSCRIPT
A written transcript will be available by March 22.

来週末にはトランスクリプトも公開してくれるそうですが、このインタビューを基にした雑誌インタビューを読むことができます。

April 2013
“Now Is Our Time”
An Interview with Sheryl Sandberg by Adi Ignatius

Would you describe yourself as a feminist? That word has taken a beating in recent years.
Had you asked me that when I was in college, I would have said I was not. But I think we need to reclaim the “F word” if it means supporting equal opportunities for men and women.

What’s the big idea in Lean In?
The book is for any woman who wants advice on how to sit at any table she wants to sit at, and for any man who wants to be part of creating a more equal world. If we could get to a place of true equality, where what we do in life is determined not by gender but by our passions and interests, our companies would be more productive and our home lives not just better balanced but happier.

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Some have criticized you for essentially blaming women for not being “better,” even though many of the challenges they confront are institutional. How do you respond?
Women face huge institutional barriers. But we also face barriers that exist within ourselves, sometimes as the result of our socialization. For most of my professional life, no one ever talked to me about the ways I held myself back. I’m trying to add to that side of the debate. There’s a great quote from Alice Walker: “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” I am not blaming women; I’m helping them see the power they’ve got and encouraging them to use it.

TIMEの特集記事もありましたし、本を買わなくてもある程度どんなことを彼女が言いたいのか理解できそうです（苦笑）