Sheryl Sandberg

greatly improved if they received the attention that they deserve. The oppression of women has been occurring for centuries but slowly women 's rights issues are gaining more attention. The authors of the book, Half the Sky, Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn take a conflict theorist perspective on these issues. Throughout the book they emphasize many of the problems that have risen from men being…

“Bonsai!” Go ahead, rush to the comment section with your hate-filled rants, it won’t bother me one bit, because this is my list and not yours. Now, for those who have decided to take the time tohear me out, this folks, is the single greatest form artistic representation of 2017. While Twin Peaks: The Return is a prescribed continuation of the TV series that ended over 25 years ago, The Return does not conform to any previous modes of television, including its prior two seasons. With that being…

Sexism in Guatemala The biggest challenge facing women in Guatemala is the sexism. Sexism makes males thinks there is not equal between them and women, so they treated women like their slaves . Those men that sees that a woman is there just to serve their needs, and they don't care about their feelings and opinions. They think it is okay to hit their partner, cheat and go out wherever they want, but for a woman it is not allowed to do it. Can you imagine living a life like that? Sexism not…

There are only a few books that, upon reading them, have made me think, “Wow… every single person needs to read this book.” Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn is one of those compelling books. Authors Kristof and WuDunn, who both work in Asia as journalists and editors, are the first married couple to have received a Pulitzer Prize for their work as New York Times writers. Their book tells of the present-day oppression…

Another influential barrier women face is the fight with their insight such as motives, purposes. Activist and author Sheryl Sandberg with her essay illustrates how can women themselves be barriers for their success. The matter of Sheryl Sandberg’s concern in her essay “The Leadership Ambition Gap” is why highly talented women choose to leave their careers and become homemakers. Women underestimate themselves, their purposes because the existing double-standards make their ambition perceived as…

Help Equality in the workplace is a topic that is on many people’s minds, and it has even become part of the bestseller list recently. “What Would You Do If You Weren't Afraid?” is the question author Sheryl Sandberg ask us in her article. This is her first chapter from her book Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead. In her first chapter of her book, she laid down a lot of ground work about her issue about the stereotypical ideal of boys and girls. This includes how girls are chastised…

In the book, They Say I Say, there are three articles demonstrating different opinions on having a balance between the workforce and their personal life. The authors of these articles are Sheryl Sandberg, Anne-Marie Slaughter, and Richard Dormant. These writers focus on important topics including having a balanced life between their personal life and their careers, ambitions in life, and social expectations. Each of the writer’s opinions share common ideas while others have completely different…

Depression in the Workforce The class article I will discuss is Gender, job authority, and depression by Pudrovska. I will relate this to a ted talk by Sheryl Sandberg. The article focused on the idea of how work contributes to depression. Specifically focusing on how gender influences depression in the workplace. It showed that women in positions of authority had an increase of experiencing depression than those who were not in these positions. Men in positions of authority were less depressed…

Fey and I are very active socially and have many activities going on at once. It is hard to find timeslots where something new can be added. Sheryl Sandberg sees issues in time constraints in her struggle of finding where she belongs in a work culture of a technological environment. In her article “Why I Want Women to Lean In” Sandberg goes into the changes she as a woman made to fit into a male dominated culture. In fact, this male dominance is prevalent in Fey’s culture as well as my…

In Sheryl Sandberg’s excerpt, “Why I Want Women to Lean In,” who is the COO of Facebook, discusses why women should take leadership in their lives. Sandberg asks women to “Lean In” meaning she wants women to stop holding themselves back and take control in their lives and their workforce/professions. Throughout the excerpt, Sandberg acknowledges how women should strive for leadership roles in their lives by making the decision to not leave the workforce after giving birth to a child, by having…