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b. 1969 United States
Sheryl Kara Sandberg (born August 28, 1969) is an American technology executive, philanthropist, and writer. Sandberg served as chief operating officer (COO) of Meta Platforms, a position from which she stepped down in August 2022.
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I won’t stop until women run half the companies and half the countries and men are doing half the housework.
If we start acknowledging what the real issues are, we can solve them. It’s not that hard.
I think equal maternity and paternity leave are hugely important. How are we going to teach men to be equals if the average woman takes three months and the average man takes two weeks?
At the same time, the world still isn’t very welcoming or respectful toward full-time at-home dads.
The word "female," when inserted in front of something, is always with a note of surprise.
Real choice would mean that people were choosing based on their interests and personal passions, not based on their gender.
The concrete things are men need to do more childcare and housework.
Women still largely have two jobs, and men have one.
The media rarely depict working women with children as happy and adjusted and comfortable with themselves.
I think the desire for leadership is largely culturally created and reinforced.
One of my goals is to make gender an open and honest topic in the workplace.
Women are given messages all through their lives that they shouldn’t lead.
There aren’t enough women sitting at the tables where decisions are made.
We don’t really encourage women to be leaders.
I am not blaming women; I’m helping them see the power they’ve got and encouraging them to use it.
There’s this assumption that women can’t and men can. My goal is to change that conversation.
Next time you go to a party, watch what happens when a baby starts crying. Watch the parents and see who gets up.
If we want to balance out leadership roles in the workplace, we have to balance out responsibilities in the home.
I think we need to expect and encourage our girls and women to lead and contribute.
As a woman gets more successful, she is less liked by people of both genders, and as a man gets more successful, he does not take a likability hit.
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