Women today have the same opportunities to compete for different corporate position as males, but very few are chosen. Sandberg, gave an example of how she experiences seeing women in executive positions take the seats away from the table during meetings as there male counterpart choose to sit at the table where decision are made (Sandberg, 2013). Sandburg, merely gives examples of how barriers still exist for women in the work place, as well as focusing on women not exhibiting ambition as there male counterpart at times (Women, 2015). According to Sandberg, “out of 195 independent countries in the world, only 17 are held by women" (Sandberg, 2013). Throughout the book Sandberg shared her experience on how she was able to break the glass
