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Lean in, lean back — just lean the hell out of my life

 

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I am getting really tired of women leaning on me.

Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s COO, wants me to Lean In and leave work at 5:30 p.m.

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer wants me to lean the other way and give up my flex time, my work-from-home time and most of my maternity leave.

Beyonce wants me to lean on a guy to put a ring on it so I can “have it all.”

Princeton professor and whiny former Hillary Clinton staffer Anne-Marie Slaughter says I should just give up on leaning because women still can’t have it all.

Who are these women? And why do they think I need their advice?

Read the column at MomsMiami.com.

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