Critique essay of Power Do women really want it by Patricia Sellers
... In the article “Power: Do women really want it” Patricia Sellers discusses the issue of women and power and suggests that now American women do not aspire power as much as they did earlier. ... Nevertheless, there are many short, but very interesting interviews with influential, powerful, and successful women in business, academia, and government, most of whom are included in the top 50 list of the most powerful American women, such as Carly Fiorina and Oprah Winfrey. The author shows that women view power in a way, which differs from that of men; they view it in terms of influence, not rank. Moreover, women are more exacting and self-critical, they are always questioning themselves. And as Jamie Gorelick, vice chairman of Fanny Mae, says, “…women demand a lot more satisfaction in their job than men do.