Editor's note: Kelly Wallace is CNN's digital correspondent and editor-at-large covering family, career and life. She is a mom of two girls. Read her other columns and follow her reports at CNN Parentsand on Twitter.

(CNN) -- I couldn't quite believe my eyes when I read the initial comments from Microsoft's CEO on how women who don't ask for raises will receive "good karma."

What? Is this 2014 or 1954?

The CEO, Satya Nadella, has since tried to clarify his comments, which were ironically made at a conference in Phoenix celebrating women in computing.

Nadella took to Twitter to say he was "inarticulate" on the topic of how women should ask for a raise. At the conference, he appeared to be saying that women who have faith that things will work out (and who don't speak up) will see pay increases in the long term during their careers.

 

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In his Twitter mea culpa, there was no talk of faith or karma. Nadella said the tech industry needs to close the gender pay gap "so a raise is not needed because of a bias."

There are so many reasons why Nadella's initial comments are so worrisome. I've tried to boil down my anger and the outrage of other women on social media to five:

1. Other men think this way: First, it's clear that Nadella believes that women should trust that things will work out in the long run, or he would never have said it. The question is how many other male chief executives feel the same way. I'm guessing there are some. And if they do feel this way, how motivated are they to close the gender pay gap? Do they feel like Nadella implied that income differences will work out in the end? Women make 78 cents for every dollar our male colleagues make. For several years, the number has been 77 cents to every dollar a man earns. I'm not sure "karma" is going to bring that gap to zero.

2. Women are already afraid to ask: I remember a story I worked on while I was at the women's website iVillage.com. We asked women how often they asked for a raise, and their responses were shocking. Only 35% of the 1,500 women surveyed said they ever asked for a raise. Fewer than one in five said they ever asked for a promotion, according to the survey. Most women are already reluctant to speak up when it comes to getting more money for their work. Comments like the ones from the Microsoft CEO aren't likely to increase their confidence to go for it.

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CNN's Kelly Wallace couldn't believe the initial comments from Microsoft's chief executive officer.

3. We need more female chief executives: I'm not really into betting, but this is a wager I feel very confident I'd win. Would a female chief executive officer have ever suggested that women should trust the system and trust that they'll receive "good karma" if they don't ask for raises? Absolutely not. I don't think any woman, especially one who has gone on to head a Fortune 500 company, would say she ever trusted the system to get where she is. She most likely had to take on the system and speak up for herself over and over again throughout her career. So Nadella's big-time gender gaffe points to why we need more women in the C-suite. Sadly, as we reported last year, there has been no significant difference in the number of women in executive positions for four years in a row.

4. We need more women in tech: We already knew we have too few women in the tech industry, but the Microsoft chief's gaffe is another reminder. You have to wonder if he'd ever make such comments or believe them if he were surrounded by more women.According to CNN Money, Microsoft's work force is 71% male, but the male-female breakdown gets even worse when you focus on technical and leadership roles. Eighty-three percent of those positions are male, according to CNN Money, which reports that the figures are roughly in line with the male-female breakdown at Google, Facebook, Yahoo and Apple. The issue is not just one of diversity but what impacts the bottom line. The research shows that there is a positive correlation between diversity on boards and in the C-suite and a company's financial performance.

5. What message are we sending our girls?: There's been so much discussion in the past year or two about how we need to get our girls to lean in, how we need to ban the the word "bossy," how we need to have them stop apologizing and feel good and confident about who they are. And then we have a chief executive officer of one of the country's top tech companies sending a message that could easily be translated into encouraging our girls to be good and not ruffle anyone's feathers, and that that's how they'll get what they want. We women know that's not how the world works.

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So I'm thinking we might need to create a new campaign, taking a page from the fabulously successful "Run Like a Girl" ad by Always,which called attention to how the term "run like a girl" became a negative when it should be a source of strength.

How about a campaign titled "Make a Gaffe Like a Man"?

There are way too many men who could be included, but we'd give the starring role to the Microsoft chief at the moment.

What do you think about the Microsoft CEO's initial comments that women shouldn't ask for a raise? Tell Kelly Wallace on Twitter orCNN Living on Facebook.

五大原因微軟CEO的性別失態令人憂心的女人
由凱利·華萊士，美國有線電視新聞網
2014年10月10日 - 1939年更新格林尼治標準時間（0339 HKT）

資料來源：美國有線電視新聞網
新聞提要
微軟CEO說，女性誰不要求加薪會收到“好人緣”
薩蒂亞納德拉提出的意見在會議上慶祝婦女在計算
納德拉在Twitter上表示，他“口齒不清”，這種性別差距需要被關閉
女子做78美分的每一美元一個人做，根據最新數字
編者按：凱莉·華萊士是美國有線電視新聞網的數字化記者和編輯在超大面積的家庭，事業和生活。她是兩個女孩的媽媽。看過她的其他欄目，並按照她的報告，美國有線電視新聞網的家長和Twitter的。
（CNN） -我也不太相信自己的眼睛，當我讀了“好人緣”，從微軟的CEO對女性誰不要求加薪如何將收到初步意見
什麼？這是2014年還是1954年？
該公司首席執行官，薩蒂亞納德拉，自試圖澄清他的言論，這是具有諷刺意味在鳳凰城慶祝婦女在計算會議進行。
納德拉走上微博說，他對女人應該如何要求加薪的話題“口齒不清”。在這次會議上，他似乎在說，婦女誰相信事情會制定（和誰也不說話了），會看到在其職業生涯的薪酬增幅在長遠。
為什麼這樣做“就像一個女孩是偉大的 做女人道歉比男性多？ 不會增加女性在公司董事會
在他的Twitter MEA過失，沒有談信仰或因果報應。納德拉表示，高科技產業需要關閉的性別工資差距“，所以加薪是不是因為偏見的需要。”
有這麼多的原因納德拉的初步意見是如此令人擔憂。我試著煮了我的憤怒和別的女人在社交媒體上的五憤慨：
1，其他的人這樣想：首先，很明顯，納德拉認為，女性應該相信事情會向好，從長遠來看，還是他就不會說了。現在的問題是許多其他男性行政人員的感受一樣。我猜有一些。如果他們確實有這樣的感覺，如何激勵他們是收了男女工資差距？難道他們覺得納德拉意味著收入差距將制定出到底是什麼？女性做出78美分的每一美元我們的男同事做。幾年來，這個數字一直是77美分，至每美元一個人的收入。我不知道“報應”會帶來的差距縮小到零。
2，女性已經不敢問：我記得有一個故事，我的工作，而我是在女裝網站iVillage.com。我們問女人多久，他們要求加薪，他們的反應是令人震驚的。只有35％的接受調查的1500名婦女說，他們曾經要求加薪。只有不到五分之一的人表示，他們曾經要求晉升，據調查。大多數女性都已經不願意說話的時候，它會得到更多的錢為自己工作。就像從微軟CEO的那些言論是不可能增加他們的信心去了。
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美國有線電視新聞網\的凱利華萊士禁不住\'噸相信微軟\的首席執行官的初步意見。
CNN的凱利華萊士簡直不敢相信，從微軟的首席執行官的初步意見。
3，我們需要更多的女性行政人員：我沒有真正進入賭博，但是這是一個賭注，我覺得非常有信心我會獲勝。請問女性首席執行官曾經提出，女性應該相信制度，相信他們會收到“好人緣”，如果他們不要求加薪？絕對不是。我不認為任何一個女人，尤其是一個誰已經在領導一個財富500強的公司，會說她曾經信任的系統讓她在哪兒。她最有可能不得不採取系統並在她的職業生涯一遍又一遍地講了她自己。所以納德拉的大牌性別失態指出，為什麼我們在C-套件需要更多的女性。可悲的是，正如我們去年的報告，出現了婦女在管理職位的人數並沒有顯著差異四年成一排。
4，我們需要更多女性科技：我們已經知道我們有過幾個女人在高科技產業，但微軟首席的失態是另一種提醒。你不得不懷疑他是否曾經提出這樣的意見或相信他們，如果他被更多的女性包圍。據CNN金錢，微軟的勞動力是71％為男性，但是當你專注於技術的男女擊穿變得更糟和領導角色。這些職位的83％是男性，據CNN金錢，它報告說，這些數字大致與男女細分為谷歌，Facebook，雅虎和蘋果的線。問題不在於多樣性但影響的底線只有一個。研究表明，有一種在木板上，並在C-套件和公司的財務表現多樣性之間的正相關關係。
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5，什麼樣的信息是，我們把我們的姑娘？：還有的是我們如何需要讓我們的女生瘦的，我們需要如何在過去的一年或兩年那麼多的討論禁詞“霸道”，我們如何需要讓他們停止道歉，並感覺良好，並有信心他們是誰。然後我們有國內頂尖 ​​的高科技公司發送一條消息，可以很容易地轉化為鼓勵我們的女孩是好的，而不是激怒任何人的羽毛之一的首席執行官，而這就是他們會如何得到他們想要的東西。我們女人知道這世界不是如何工作的。
女孩的信體育零售商要求在目錄中的性別失衡
所以，我想我們可能需要創建一個新的戰役，從服用頁面令人難以置信的成功“的經營就像一個女孩”的廣告始終，它呼籲關注如何將術語“運行就像一個姑娘”變成了消極的時候應該是力量的源泉。
如何運動題為“做一個失態象一個人”？
有太多的男人誰可以列入，但我們願意付出的主演角色，微軟首席的時刻。