Since the late 1970s, women's participation in the workforce has changed dramatically from those traditionally following in their mother's footsteps to pursuing independent careers. According to Resident Scholar, Christina Hoff Sommers of the Huffington Post, “there are many more women than men in college, and they earn more than fifty-eight percent of []college degrees [in the year 2013].” However, some women in the workforce do not receive full pay like men, even though both genders have the same level of education. The book Lean In-Women, Work, and The Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg suggests that there are several reasons why women are behind in the wage gap, such as challenges, progressiveness, and character. Conversely, I will also research the work of women in my field of study as a university professor. Sheryl Sandberg suggests that life is nothing but a challenge and that one must face obstacles before tasting the sweet fruit of success. Some individuals may view the words challenge and obstacle as having similar concepts; however, when an individual looks between the lines of women's work he can clearly see two different categories, the physical and the psychological. For example, a graduate must face physical challenges to complete their field of study, such as attending class sessions and producing scholarly work; the psychological obstacle of university students would be the unawareness of their abilities as they tend to become discouraged to the point of not sitting at the table or taking leadership actions in any work situation. According to Sheryl Sandberg, "women have to prove themselves to a much greater extent than... half of the paper......oman among the 'Fortune' 500?"USATODAY.com - 2003: Year of the Woman among the 'Fortune' '500? Np, 30 Dec. 2003. Web. 27 February 2014. Linkins, Jason. “Barack Obama's Columbia GPA Uncovered by Daily Caller via RandomGuy From The Interwebs.” The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, November 2, 2012.Web. March 14, 2014.Pease, John. "The teacher mother: the work of women in the world of men." Shatford Library.Worldcat, (1993): 133. Premier Academic Research. Network. March 14, 2014.Sandberg, Sheryl. Leaning: women, work and the desire to lead. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013. Print.Sommers, Christina Hoff. “The Wage Gap Myth Exposed by Feminists.” The Huffington Post.TheHuffingtonPost.com, November 4, 2012. Web. March 16, 2014.Sommers, Christina Hoff. “Close the wage gap by changing your college degree.” The HuffingtonPost. TheHuffingtonPost.com, June 5, 2013. Web. April 12. 2014.