Can Sheryl Sandberg Upend Silicon Valley’s Male-Dominated Culture?

Several female computer-science majors at Stanford pointed to the depiction of women in films like “The Social Network,” where the boys code and the girls dance around in their underwear. Sandberg says that the impact of popular culture struck her when her son was playing a Star Wars game. “When I grow up, I want to live in space and be a Star Wars person as a job,” he told his mother. “I’d like to come, too,” she responded, “because I always want to live near you.” “You can’t come,” he said. “I’ve already invited my sister, and there’s only one girl in space.”

Source: The New Yorker
Published: Jul 11, 2011
Length: 32 minutes (8,099 words)
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