An Open Letter to Sheryl Sandberg from a Twenty-Something Woman in Tech

Re:An Open Letter to Sheryl Sandberg from a Twenty-Something... by JackFr on Thursday December 19, 2013 @02:08PM (#6936979)

Quote from Lean In: "I pointed out that they should have sat at the table even without an invitation, but when publicly welcomed, they most certainly should have joined."

Quote from @ericabiz: "In reading the book, I didn't find Sandberg accusing women of not doing enough"

I have not read the book, but in the specific passage you quote Sandberg is explicitly telling these women they have not done enough.

You seem to have missed the OP's point -- that Sandberg makes the assumption that theses women could not have authentically preferred being not to be at the table.

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Re:An Open Letter to Sheryl Sandberg from a Twenty-Something... by sliverstorm on Thursday December 19, 2013 @02:11PM (#6937012)

At the very least, the book quote definitely does not sound like an accusation. More of a realization.

The difference between:

You're not doing enough! Try harder!

I just realized, we're not doing enough

What exactly it is that is "not enough" is also contextually important. If you are simply not pulling your weight, you are not doing enough and that's all there is to it. If you are pulling twice your weight, to say you are not doing enough is insulting.

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