Taylor Swift made a bold admission in a recent Vogue interview. When she started her career, she was blind to sexism.

But as she became more successful, she began to see it everywhere.

This is not unique to one of the world's most successful singers. For many women in business, the higher you climb, the more you see.

The more successful you become, the more you realize that most women aren't able to make it to the top — not for lack of trying — and a lot of people like it that way.

That the system you thought supported you may only actually support you up to a point.

That the gender pay gap is real, and it only gets bigger.

That expectations for women in leadership are different.

And it could take 208 more years for women to be considered equal.

For Swift, this realization happened once she wrote songs that filled stadiums.

"It's fine to infantilize a girl's success and say, "How cute that she's having some hit songs," Swift said.

"But the second it becomes formidable? As soon as I started playing stadiums — when I started to look like a woman — that wasn't cool anymore."