--- description: Facebook COO wants to bring equality to stock photos title: Sexist Stock Photos: Lean In and Getty Release Female Friendly Photos image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # 10 Ridiculously Clichéd Stock Photos of Women vs. Lean In's Alternatives  by [Charlotte Alter](/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Feb 10, 2014 8:05 PM CUT  by [Charlotte Alter](/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Feb 10, 2014 8:05 PM CUT Don’t worry, you’ll never have to [laugh alone with salad](http://womenlaughingalonewithsalad.tumblr.com/ "undefined") again. That’s because Sheryl Sandberg’s LeanIn.org decided to tackle the important issues by debuting a whole new line of [stock photos ](http://www.gettyimages.com/Creative/Frontdoor/leanin "undefined")through Getty Images that shows real women doing real things, instead of multi-armed, multitasking octopus women eating yogurt or smiling at scales. Here is a chronology of your perfect life through the Lean In photos, compared to the yoga-doing, salad-laughing nightmare that would be a life in stock photos. Choose your own adventure. **1) Eating Salad** Lean In Collection / Getty Images (2) You eat real food with your friends, like cheese and wine, and you can stop trying to force that single cherry tomato into your frozen smile. **2) Multitasking:** Lean In Collection / Getty Images (2) You’re great at multitasking, but you do it at your normal-looking desk and you don’t type anything with your toes. **3) Leading a Meeting:** Lean In Collection / Getty Images (2) You’re able to lead meetings without writing random stuff on glass like in _The Social Network._ **4) Eating and Working:** Lean In Collection / Getty Images (2) Sometimes you’re busy so you need a snack, but that doesn’t mean you grow extra arms. **5) Jobs That Aren’t At An Office** Lean In Collection / Getty Images (2) Your friends are also regular people who work in regular jobs, not hammer-toting supermodels. **6) Exercise** Lean In Collection / Getty Images (2) You have lifted weights, but you have never grinned at a scale, or crouched on one. **7) Beauty:** Lean In Collection / Getty Images (2) You know this lady who runs your favorite salon, but you don’t know this faceless pair of lips. **8) You’re Pregnant!** Lean In Collection / Getty Images (2) You probably still exercise even if you’re pregnant, and you can finally stop trying to be happy about that scale. Enough with the scale. **9) Work and Kids:** Lean In Collection / Getty Images (2) Your kid is totally fine when you drop him off at the bus before you go to work, not like this other brat. **10) Dads:** Lean In Collection / Getty Images (2) Your hot husband sometimes takes your kid to the flower store, and it causes zero friction. Thank God I can stop waiting for my octopus arms to sprout. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/6129/10-ridiculously-cliched-stock-photos-of-women-vs-lean-ins-alternatives/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/6129/10-ridiculously-cliched-stock-photos-of-women-vs-lean-ins-alternatives/"},"headline":"10 Ridiculously Clichéd Stock Photos of Women vs. Lean In's Alternatives","datePublished":"2014-02-10T20:05:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:48:48.710Z","description":"Facebook COO wants to bring equality to stock photos","url":"https://time.com/6129/10-ridiculously-cliched-stock-photos-of-women-vs-lean-ins-alternatives/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Internet","Sheryl Sandberg","Lean In"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlotte Alter","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/6129/10-ridiculously-cliched-stock-photos-of-women-vs-lean-ins-alternatives/","name":"10 Ridiculously Clichéd Stock Photos of Women vs. Lean In's Alternatives"}}]}] ```