????斯勞特聽說過無數的類似故事，有職業抱負的女性得不到為升遷和保持高層職位所需的條件。毫無疑問，很多公司里一直有女性晉升的無形障礙。而女性可接受的行為范圍沒有男性那么大（努力爭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這類制度壁壘，但她談論的重點并不是系統障礙。

????斯勞特和桑德伯格應該見個面。我認識她們兩位多年，她們在投入某項事業時，不僅僅表現出智慧和韌性。如同斯勞特所說，她們“是兩個非常成功的女性，致力于同一事業，只是對問題的癥結所在抱有不同觀點。”雖然沒有互相配合，但因為一致的目標，這兩位女性領袖將能夠幫助有職業抱負的女性營造一個男女機會均等的職場環境。

????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.