Over the years, I've hired and promoted a lot of young women and young men. Much of the time, this is how it went:
ME: I'd like you to take on a bigger role.
YOUNG MAN: I'm thrilled. I'll do a great job. I won't let you down.
YOUNG WOMAN: Are you sure I'm ready? I'm not sure. Maybe in a year?
These reactions aren't innate. Men aren't naturally more confident than women. We tell them to believe in themselves, and we tell women to doubt themselves. We tell them this in a million ways, starting when they're young. We've got to do better. Every single one of us.
-- Hillary Rodham Clinton, What Happened, p. 145
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