MARITES LANDICHO
At a recent Women for Women International luncheon in New York, the featured speaker—former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton—shared her thoughts on women’s rights and equal pay. She said that in her long history as an employer, she had often observed the distinct reactions exhibited by men and women when it came to promotion on the job: When they got promoted, their reaction was almost always, “What took you so long?” But with women, career advancement was often met with, “Do you think I’m ready? Do you think I can do it?”