Beyonce, Jennifer Garner and Jane Lynch are teaming up with the Girls Scouts and LeanIn.org for a campaign that encourages a ban on the word "bossy," according to ABC News.
In a public service announcement released on Sunday, the women, together with fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg and NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson, point out that girls are discouraged from taking on leadership roles due to name calling and labeling.
"Glee" star Jane Lynch, said: "I think the word 'bossy' is just a squasher."
Award-winning singer Beyonce added: "Girls are less interested in leadership than boys" because of fear that they will be called bossy.
The new campaign is aimed at empowering young women by encouraging everyone to sign a pledge on banbossy.com to refrain from using the word.
Other than the A-list celebrities, the girl power campaign features Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, founder of LeanIn.org, as well as the former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
Sandberg said that it is very common for girls who take initiative to be labeled bossy.
"We call them too aggressive or other B words in the workplace," she explained. "They're bossy as little girls, and they're aggressive, political, shrill, too ambitious as women."
Girl Scouts USA CEO Anna Maria Chavez has also joined the initiative. Chavez confirmed that she immediately got involved after receiving a call from Sandberg because she believes the Girl Scouts are ideal partners for this kind of campaign.
"We need to recognize the many ways we systematically discourage leadership in girls from a young age - and instead, we need to encourage them. So the next time you have the urge to call your little girl bossy? Take a deep breath and praise her leadership skills instead," Sandberg said.
