We [facebook] Really Believe In Enabling People

My Goal Is Very Clear, And I Wrote About It In Lean In, Which Is That Women Run Half Our Companies And Countries And Men Run Half Our Homes. As Much As I Wish That Could Happen In Four Years, I Don't Think That's A Likely Time Period. But I Think It Can Happen Sooner Than We Think. Part Of It Is Having That Aspiration And That Goal. I Think We Too Often Suffer From The Tyranny Of Low Expectations.

I Realized That Searching For A Mentor Has Become The Professional Equivalent Of Waiting For Prince Charming. We All Grew Up On The Fairy Tale "seeping Beauty," Which Instructs Young Women That If They Just Wait For Their Prince To Arrive, They Will Be Kissed And Whisked Away On A White Horse To Live Happily Ever After. Now Young Women Are Told That If They Can Just Find The Right Mentor, They Will Be Pushed Up The Ladder And Whisked Away To The Corner Office To Live Happily Ever After. Once Again, We Are Teaching Women To Be Too Dependent On Others.

A Lot Of People Will Say, "what's Facebook's Business Model?" I Always Find That A Kind Of Funny Question. Our Business Model Is Out There, Which Is: We Monetize Largely Through Advertising And A Little Bit Through The Gift Revenue, The Virtual Gifts We Have On Our Site. I Think Those Continue To Be The Most Promising Avenues Going Forward.

Today, Despite All Of The Gains We Have Made, Neither Men Nor Women Have Real Choice. Until Women Have Supportive Employers And Colleagues As Well As Partners Who Share Family Responsibilities, They Don't Have Real Choice. And Until Men Are Fully Respected For Contributing Inside The Home, They Don't Have Real Choice Either.

I'd Like To See Where Boys And Girls End Up If They Get Equal Encouragement I Think We Might Have Some Differences In How Leadership Is Done