Social Discrimination

The talk is about how few women leaders we have was given by Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s chief operating officer. Sandberg showed that in Fortune 500 companies, in the government, and even in the non-profit sector, which people thought is dominated by women, there is an obvious lack of women on the top of the ladder. She talked about solutions that women should do as individuals in order to solve the roof of the problem-women dropping out of the sector. She explained that so that the number of women leaders increase, they should be more confident, in control, and aggressive. In her words, women should “sit at the table, make the partner a real partner, and don’t leave before you leave.

            Personally, I think Sandberg proved her point that there is a lack of women leaders in the society when she talked about the women’s room story. The story is about when she attended an executive meeting at a company, and realized that the man she was talking to didn’t know where the women’s room was. She even emphasized this by asking the person she’s talking to about whether he doesn’t know because he simply doesn’t or because he never had a woman pitch to him before. This example of hers totally illustrated how it is not usual to see a woman taking charge of her career.

            I liked it when she said that for equality to completely occur, women should take initiation. In Korea, women do really underestimate themselves in the family; the financial responsibilities fall to the men’s shoulder, while women get most of the hard works. After hearing Sandberg’s message, my confidence grew a lot. Just recently, I never dreamed of one day operating a successful business since I believed this job is only for men. However, after listening to her talk, I feel that I can do anything I want to in my life Sheryl Sandberg opened my eyes to opportunities I have never even thought of before.