Sheryl Sandberg defends her controversial new book "Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead", saying that men still run the world.

The controversies surrounding Sheryl Sandberg's new book "Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead" gain momentum with the book ready to be published Monday. The author of the book, which is touted to create a revolutionary movement, said in an interview during CBS News' "60 Minutes" that the "blunt truth" remains that men still rule the world and she intends on starting a revolution with her new book.

According to Sandberg, modern women face a lot of challenges and are continuously stalled in their rise to success. Sandberg herself is the second in charge of social networking giant Facebook but says they are very few women running companies because of the limitations that are imposed on them.

The title of Sandberg's new novel draws its inspiration from a 2010 TED talk, where the author said that by leaning back, women tend to hurt themselves the most.

"They say, I'm busy or I want to have a child one day, I couldn't possibly take on any more. Or I'm still learning my current job. I've never heard a man say that to me," Sandberg had said at that time.

Sandberg revealed that when she was announced the winner of her high school yearbook's award for "Most Likely to Succeed", she was reluctant to accept the award at first. "I was embarrassed," the mother of two said. "My entire life I have been told...or I have felt that I should hold back on being too successful, too smart, too - you know - lots of things."

However, she makes it clear that one cannot blame professional women for the lack of women executive in offices. She also said that while marriage is the largest personal decision a person can make in their lives, choosing a spouse has extreme implications in the workplace too. "Partner with the right person because you cannot have a full career and a full life at home with the children if you are also doing all the housework and childcare," says the author.