If we're going to have better choices for women, we've got to have better choices for men.
Anne-Marie SlaughterI very much admire Sheryl Sandberg for what she has done. I really do. But Sandberg's narrative also implies: "Well, it's your fault if you couldn't make it." There is a certain injustice in that.
Anne-Marie SlaughterWe all love narratives where we're the captain of our boat, and Americans love them more than anybody else.
Anne-Marie SlaughterThe European problem is that it assumes that the minute a woman has a child, the mother identity subsumes the professional identity. Now she's the mother, above all, and we must give her all this time.
Anne-Marie SlaughterIt was interesting that feminists of my generation told me: You are discouraging younger women; you are confirming stereotypes of women; you are opening a door, initiating a debate, that will harm our movement. And my point was: We are already having this debate, especially in the younger generation.
Anne-Marie Slaughter