Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In Why Men Still Can T Have It All?

Three essays: Sheryl Sandberg’s “Lean In: What Would You Do If You Weren’t Afraid?”, Anne- Marie Slaughter’s “Why Women Still Can’t Have It All”, and Richard Dormant’s, “Why Men Still Can’t Have It All” all have one major topic. That topic is having gender diversity. Sandberg’s excerpt is from her book, and she emphasizes that many women would be just as outspoken as men if they “weren’t afraid.” Slaughter responds to Sandberg through her essay “Why Women Still Can’t Have It All” emphasizing society’s expectations for a woman. Dormant responds to both Sandberg and Slaughter in his essay “Why Men Still Can’t Have It All” emphasizing society’s expectations or common misconceptions of a man. All three essays tie to this major topic of gender diversity by …show more content…
All authors are concerned with gender identity or the perception of inequality. Sandberg begins her essay by discussing her experience with gender inequality through her grandmother stating that “she was pulled out of Morris High School to help support the household by sewing.” (642) Sandberg intends for this to hint at gender inequality because the audience wonders why the young woman was pulled out of school as opposed to the young man. Sandberg claims that many women are expected to stay at home. She discusses her personal experience with gender inequality, and shows that society often has higher expectations for men. (643) Slaughter agrees with Sandberg to an extent and then elaborates claiming that women are often the ones who have to make sacrifices. Slaughter begins her essay by describing her experience being away from her child while working. She claims that in her relationship she wanted to make a sacrifice for her family stating that she went home because she discovered that having two teenage boys while