I thought this was the most brutal critique out of all of the attacks, high brow and low, that I've seen of Sheryl Sandberg and her book.
"And third, I have to wonder if Sandberg does not realize that she is going to die someday. There is so little life and pleasure in her book outside of work. Even sex is framed as something that men will get more of if they pitch in and help their working wives."
As a guy, that is about the worst thing someone could say to me because it means even if I have accomplished an immense amount I have done so without any meaning. In a sense, I have been fooled and deceived in to doing all that I have done for a mere unreachable carrot on a string.
"And third, I have to wonder if Sandberg does not realize that she is going to die someday. There is so little life and pleasure in her book outside of work. Even sex is framed as something that men will get more of if they pitch in and help their working wives."
As a guy, that is about the worst thing someone could say to me because it means even if I have accomplished an immense amount I have done so without any meaning. In a sense, I have been fooled and deceived in to doing all that I have done for a mere unreachable carrot on a string.