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"Reese Witherspoon has argued that successful women should be encouraged to show off. The Oscar-winning actress told Red that women should be proud of what they have achieved.  &amp;gt; Ten Things About... Reese Witherspoon &amp;quot;As women, we shrug and smile and say, &amp;#039;Oh...me?&amp;#039; because it makes it socially acceptable for us to be successful,&amp;quot; Witherspoon said. &amp;quot;But there is a balance between being an arrogant jerk and being someone who is proud of their accomplishments.&amp;quot; Witherspoon added: &amp;quot;We need to let successful women show off and support them. Because men don&amp;#039;t spend any time putting themselves down. They don&amp;#039;t waste their breath. &amp;quot;You have to be the best version of yourself and, if that means you have to be a bit self-promoting, then it&amp;#039;s okay. It really is. Because who&amp;#039;s going to believe in you more than yourself? Other than, maybe, your mother.&amp;quot;  Witherspoon continued: &amp;quot;Even now, in America, a woman makes 87 cents to every dollar a man makes. If you&amp;#039;re a black woman, you make 75 cents. &amp;quot;You&amp;#039;re a Latin woman, it&amp;#039;s 67 cents. And this is doing the same job. There is enormous inequality in pay and inequality in the workplace to this day.&amp;quot; Of moving her Academy Award from the bedroom to the lounge after a friend told her to not hide it away, she added: &amp;quot;Lord knows every day is not a success, every year is not a success. You have to celebrate the good.&amp;quot; Read the full interview with Reese Witherspoon in Red magazine - on sale May 1. View all today&amp;#039;s best celebrity pictures - photo gallery:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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