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or even young men.

Even though

they're part of the solution...

there's no question...

this is about adult men.

I definitely am not one to conform

to the "we need to be

hyper-masculine,"

and we need to be misogynistic"

stereotypes.

And it really puts

a lot of pressure on me

when I have relatives

who have grown up

with this phenomenon,

who attempt to put me on that path,

but I'm not ready for it.

I remember sitting down

having this conversation

with a woman far wiser than me

and starting to talk about,

oh, how bad it is

for women in America.

And she just looked at me

and listened to me for a while,

and she said,

"Well, I have to tell you, Cory,

I actually think it's really bad

for men in America."

And I go, "What do you mean?"

She started talking to me

and really putting the spotlight

on me and talking about

how emotionally constipated men

are taught to be very early on,

how we don't have...

haven't learned how to express

ourselves in healthy ways.

It often does manifest itself

in such awful and violent ways

but she talked about

a spiritual healing

that was needed for guys.

Siebel Newsom:
I've been trying

to imagine a better world

for my daughter's generation,

and I'm beginning to get some ideas.

The numbers of women

in leadership positions

in our country are still very low.

Siebel Newsom:
We have to find

a way to change this culture.

We need to shift our focus

from the bottom line

to one of social responsibility.

We need to challenge

the media conglomerates

to value women

for more than their youth,

beauty, and sexuality,

and we must hold

these companies accountable.

We need to encourage women

to discover their true power

so they can become leaders,

and we must support them

on theirjourney.

And ultimately, we need to

live our own vision

of what a woman can be.

We make a mistake when we say

you have to find role models

who look like you.

If Sally Ride, my dear friend,

the first female astronaut,

had been waiting for

a female astronaut role model,

she would never have done it.

And so I'm a big believer

in finding your role models

wherever you can find them,

in people who inspire

and stimulate you

for whatever reason.

Growing up, there was nobody who

looked like me on television,

so I never dreamed

that I could be on television.

I would love to say,

"Yeah, there was great women

role models back then."

Actually, there were none.

Years later, Connie Chung

went on television

to report on Watergate,

and I'd say to her,

"Connie, you're my role model."

And she would say to me,

"Jan, but I'm not that old."

And I'd say, "Yeah, you're a

year older than I am, Connie,"

and that's good enough for me."

In terms of my role models

in television news,

of course Barbara Walters,

Lesley Stahl,

and, believe it or not,

Mary Tyler Moore.

I grew up watching that show

and the notion of a woman

making it on her own

and working at that TV station,

I think, was very, very influential.

One of the things

that really surprised me

was the number of women in

positions of power in television

who reached out to me and said,

"Can I take you out to breakfast'?

"Can I take you out to lunch'?

"Can I make sure

that you have my phone number

or my e-mail address so that

if anything comes up..."

And it definitely wasn't like

the gender Mafia going on

in the media.

But there was an overt effort

to both welcome me

and make me know that women

who had gone before me,

who had fought to get where they were

were both happy that I was there

and wanted to be resources to me,

and there's an expectation

that I will be

a resource to other women.

Siebel Newsom:

When women mentor each other,

it can be incredibly powerful.

I got to know

a talented young journalist

named Jessica Shambora.

Jessica was covering a story

for Fortune magazine

about mentorship

that really proves the point.

I just wanted to introduce

myself to you guys.

I'm Jessica Shambora.

I'm with Fortune,

and so I'm gonna be covering

the event tonight.

Minute mentoring is a program

that a couple of the women from.

Fortune's Most Powerful Women Summit

came up with.

In order to reach

a larger group of young women

who really had this desire

to be mentored

and get advice from successful,

professional women,

they would have sort of

like a speed-dating night,

except for substitute mentoring

for the dating.

Meyers:
The most important thing

that should drive decisions,

especially when you're young,

is what really gets your heart

pitter-pattering.

In the end, here's the deal.

You want to be so good at what you do

that they can't ignore you.

Perino:
Turn off the television

and read.

One hour of reality TV can be fun.

Four hours is, like, destructive.

[laughter]

To thine own self be true.

Know who you are.

Know what is best about you.

Have confidence in yourself,

and don't try and be anybody else.

On Tony Snow's last day,

when he was leaving the White House

and I was taking over officially

as the White House Press Secretary,

he came into my office, and he said,

"You are better at this

than you think you are."

Molinari:

I hope you will remember

that you will help that

next generation of women along.

It is far overdue that we women

stop criticizing each other,

the decisions and

the life decisions that we make,

and instead say, "Alleluia, sister.

Whatever gets you through.

I'm there to support you."

[applause]

You know, if women

don't stand up for each other,

then no one else will.

No one's gonna look out

for the interests of women

except other women.

If women spent more time

helping a sick neighbour

or volunteering

at a homeless shelter,

focusing on how to use

all their energy

to solve some

of the worlds problems...

if they spent a tenth of the

time thinking about those things

that they do

thinking about their weight,

I mean, I think we'd solve

all the world's problems

in a matter of months.

We're here for an instant

in an eternity,

and all that really matters

is what we do with that time.

We have enormous power.

86% of the purchasing power

in this country

is in the pockets of women.

Well, let's use it.

I mean, let's use it not to buy

those tabloid magazines

and not to support

the tabloid television shows.

A consumer's voice

is maybe the most important,

powerful voice we have

other than as a citizen

and using our vote.

Pelosi:
Women in America

will be more encouraged

if they can see young women

who share their experience,

raising a young family,

speaking for them,

identifying with their aspirations.

We're creating new leaders,

and they're going to not look

like how they always did...

an older, white male.

They're gonna look like a woman,

and they're gonna look like

people of colour,

and that is the true reflection

of this country

and of this world.

Wilson:
I got

this little letter one day.

"Ms. Wilson, Do you realize

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