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Hillary Clinton: It’s harder for successful women

By Pete Kasperowicz
Published September 13, 2017 12:30pm ET
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Hillary Clinton: It’s harder for successful women
Hillary Clinton said it's harder for successful women to be perceived as likable. "The more professionally successful a man becomes, the more likable he is. The more professionally successful a woman becomes, the less likable she is," she said. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) | Seth Wenig

Hillary Clinton on Wednesday said it’s harder for successful women to be perceived as likable, and cited that as a factor in her election loss last year to Donald Trump.

Clinton said on NBC that she talked to Sheryl Sandberg, the top Facebook executive who has written about how gender affects people’s success in life, who said it would be difficult for Clinton to succeed.

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