Lean Out

After Marissa Orr, a single mother of three spent fifteen years working at today's top tech giants like Facebook and Google, she became frustrated with the companies' efforts to promote more women. The lectures, workshops, and training delivered the subtle message that success requires adopting the behaviour of her male colleagues. Orr realized that closing the gender gap in corporate America won't improve women's lives because the goal stems from a male worldview, built on the premise of female inferiority--and that's why the numbers at the top have barely budged, despite thirty years of trying.