????斯勞特聽說過無(wú)數(shù)的類似故事，有職業(yè)抱負(fù)的女性得不到為升遷和保持高層職位所需的條件。毫無(wú)疑問，很多公司里一直有女性晉升的無(wú)形障礙。而女性可接受的行為范圍沒有男性那么大（努力爭(zhēng)先的女性在異性和同性同事中同樣不受歡迎）。桑德伯格在其公開談話中也承認(rèn)這類制度壁壘，但她談?wù)摰闹攸c(diǎn)并不是系統(tǒng)障礙。

????斯勞特和桑德伯格應(yīng)該見個(gè)面。我認(rèn)識(shí)她們兩位多年，她們?cè)谕度肽稠?xiàng)事業(yè)時(shí)，不僅僅表現(xiàn)出智慧和韌性。如同斯勞特所說，她們“是兩個(gè)非常成功的女性，致力于同一事業(yè)，只是對(duì)問題的癥結(jié)所在抱有不同觀點(diǎn)?！彪m然沒有互相配合，但因?yàn)橐恢碌哪繕?biāo)，這兩位女性領(lǐng)袖將能夠幫助有職業(yè)抱負(fù)的女性營(yíng)造一個(gè)男女機(jī)會(huì)均等的職場(chǎng)環(huán)境。

????Slaughter says she has heard countless similar stories from aspiring women denied the conditions they need to move up and remain there. No question, glass ceilings persist at many companies. And it is the rare workplace where the band of acceptable behavior is as wide for women as it is for men. (Hard-charging women tend to be viewed as unlikable by both male and female colleagues.) As for Sandberg, she, in her public talks, acknowledges the institutional barriers. But the systemic blocks are not what she spends most of her time talking about.

????Slaughter and Sandberg should meet. I've known both of them for several years, and they are not only smart and relentless when committed to a cause. They are, as Slaughter says, "two very successful women who want the same things. We just have some disagreements about where the problems lie." In sync—or if not in sync, at least in collaboration—these two leaders could help aspiring women and the powers that be build an environment of equal opportunity.