
Joined by more than 5 million marchers, organizers of the twenty-four-hour huelga feminista called for “a society free of sexist oppression, exploitation and violence. That same spring, a militant feminist strike shut down Spain. As former chief of staff to US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers-the man who deregulated Wall Street-she had no qualms about counseling women that success won through toughness in the business world was the royal road to gender equality.

In the spring of 2018, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg told the world that we “would be a lot better off if half of all countries and companies were run by women and half of all homes were run by men,” and that “we shouldn’t be satisfied until we reach that goal.” A leading exponent of corporate feminism, Sandberg had already made a name (and a buck) for herself by urging women managers to “lean in” at the company board- room.
