DURING THE DREAM FORCE WOMEN'S INNOVATIVE PANEL IN SAN
FRANCISCO, IT TURNS OUT THAT GAYLE KING ASKED QUESTIONS
THAT UPSET OTHER FEMALES IN THE AUDIENCE.
SHE WAS SPEAKING TO POWERFUL WOMEN INCLUDING JESSICA
ALBA WHO NOW HAS A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR COMPANY.
SHE WAS ALSO SPEAKING TO THE FEMALE CEO OF YOUTUBE.
A WOMAN NAMED SUZANNE.
DURING THE PANEL DISCUSSION, A LOT OF TIME WAS DEDICATED
TO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE WOMEN'S PERSONAL LIVES.
WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE A MOM?
WHAT IS IT LIKE TO GROW YOUR CAREER?
ALL OF THAT STUFF.
CHILD REARING IS A VERY STRANGE PHRASE, I APOLOGIZE FOR
USING IT.
PEOPLE ARE UPSET ABOUT THIS, INCLUDING ONE JOURNALIST.
ACCORDING TO GAYLE KING ñ QUESTIONS BY GAYLE KING, SHE
SAID, "SUSAN, YOU KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT BABIES.
THIS IS WHAT I LOVE ABOUT SUZANNE, SHE HAS FIVE CHILDREN."
AT THAT POINT ACCORDING TO WHAT LAUREN SAYS THE CEO SMILED
AND CONFIRMED KING'S STATEMENT.
WHEN PRESSED, THE WOMAN SAID THAT HER ELDEST IS TURNING 16
WHILE HER YOUNGEST IS EIGHT MONTHS.
THEN GAYLE KING FOLLOWED UP WITH THIS QUESTION,
"BY THE SAME HUSBAND?"
SHE IS ASKING HER IF SHE GOT PREGNANT BY THE SAME GUY,
OR ARE YOU GETTING PREGNANT BY DIFFERENT PEOPLE?
THAT QUESTION IS UNBELIEVABLE.
>>THAT IS A QUESTION YOU
MIGHT ASK OF A MAN.
GIVEN THE LIMITATIONS FOR WOMEN'S FERTILITY IS DIFFERENT.
THAT IS A PATTERN THAT WE SEE IN MEN SOMETIMES.
THE ONLY THING INTERESTING ABOUT HAVING A KID 16
YEARS APART IS THAT YOU STARTED YOUNG.
EVERYTHING ABOUT IT IS FUCKED UP.
>> THAT SPECIFIC QUESTION I FIND RIDICULOUS.
IT'S NONE OF HER BUSINESS WHETHER OR NOT ALL OF HER
CHILDREN
WERE CONCEIVED BY THE SAME GUY.
BUT THERE IS THIS WHOLE DRAMA ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT IT
IS ACCEPTABLE TO ASK FEMALE CEOS QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR
FAMILY LIVES.
I DISAGREE WITH IT TO SOME EXTENT.
I THINK THAT WOMEN WHO ARE IN POWERFUL POSITIONS DO
SOMETHING THAT IS ADMIRABLE.
A LOT OF THEM DO JUGGLE A FAMILY LIFE AND THEIR CAREERS.
I WANT TO KNOW HOW.
I AM SOMEONE WHO HAS NOT HAD CHILDREN YET AND AM
INTERESTED IN SEEING HOW MUCH HAVING A CHILD WOULD HURT
MY OWN CAREER.
ASKING THAT QUESTION ONCE DURING A PANEL DISCUSSION IS
TOTALLY OKAY.
WHEN YOU FOCUS THE ENTIRE DISCUSSION ON THESE
PERSONAL ELEMENTS, THEN YOU ARE TAKING AWAY FROM THEIR
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS.
I ALSO WANT TO HEAR ABOUT THEIR BUSINESSES.
I WANT TO HEAR HOW CHALLENGING IT WAS TO BREAK THROUGH THE
GLASS CEILING.
THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE ALSO VERY RELEVANT.
IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF THESE PANEL DISCUSSIONS DON'T
DELVE INTO THAT ENOUGH.
ASKING THE QUESTION IS TOTALLY FINE.
WOMEN THAT HAVE A KNEE-JERK REACTION TO THAT, THEY NEED
TO CALM DOWN AS YOU ARE NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF ALL WOMEN
OUT THERE.
I WANT TO HEAR THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION, ALONG WITH
INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR CAREERS.
>> AFI GAVE STEVE MARTIN A LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.
SARAH SILVERMAN, INCREDIBLY FUNNY.
TINA FEY, INCREDIBLY FUNNY.
BUT TINA FEY WHEN SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT STEVE MARTIN
SAID THAT HE JUST HAD HIS FIRST KID.
AND HE PLAYS THE BANJO WITH A REAL BAND.
AND HE IS A SCREENWRITER AND WRITES NOVELS AND PLAYS.
AND NOW AT AGE 65 HE HAS JUST HAD HIS FIRST KID.
WHEN DOES HE FIND TIME TO DO IT ALL?
IT SOUNDS STUPID WHEN YOU SAY IT ABOUT A GUY, RIGHT?
>>
LOOK, IN DEFENSE OF THOSE ASKING THE QUESTIONS TO WOMEN AND
NOT THE MAN, THE REALITY FOR A LONG TIME HAS BEEN THAT
WOMEN ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR TAKING CARE OF THE KIDS AND THE
MAN IS RESPONSIBLE FOR EARNING THE MONEY.
THAT IS WHY THAT QUESTION IS RARELY ASKED TO MEN.
THINGS ARE CHANGING, AND MEN ARE BECOMING MORE ACTIVE IN
RAISING KIDS.
MAYBE THAT QUESTION WILL START TO COME UP MORE.
I THINK THAT IS A GOOD THING.
THE FACT THAT WOMEN HAVE TO JUGGLE BOTH IS NOT
SOMETHING WE SHOULD HIDE AWAY FROM.
THAT IS ONE OF THE MOST ADMIRABLE THINGS ABOUT
FEMALE CEOS.
>> YOU NEED TO START ASKING THE MEN SOMETIMES.
YOU CAN SAY THAT TO THE WOMAN AS WELL.
WE JUST KNOW THERE IS JUDGMENT IN IT WITH THE WOMEN.
WHEREAS THE MAN WORKS HIS ASS OFF AND SEES HIS KID FOR A
COUPLE OF MINUTES.
A WOMAN WHO DOES IT, THERE IS AN INHERENT SUGGESTION OF YOU
HAVE LET YOUR FAMILY DOWN.
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
>> THAT SAID, WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT A WOMAN LIKE SUSAN
ñ YOU KNOW HER SISTER MARRIED SERGEI, THE FOUNDER OF GOOGLE.
THAT IS A CONNECTED SILICON VALLEY FAMILY.
>> THAT'S ANOTHER THING, IF YOU ARE GOING TO HOST A PANEL
LIKE THIS JUST DO A LITTLE RESEARCH AHEAD OF TIME.
IT'S OKAY TO ASK HOW THEY JUGGLE IT ALL, BUT YOU ASK IT ONCE
AND MOVE ON.
>> YOU JUST HAD TO FIND A WAY OF DOING IT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO
START ASKING IT WITHOUT JUDGMENT.
THIS WOMAN IS NOW ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL WOMEN IN
SILICON VALLEY.
EVEN THE WAY I SAID IT IS LACED WITH JUDGMENT.
>>NO, IT'S NOT.
YOU WALKED ON EGGSHELLS.
THAT QUESTION IS FINE.
I AM A WOMAN, I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO DEAL WITH SEXIST
SHIT ON A REGULAR BASIS, ESPECIALLY ON THE INTERNET.
IT WOULD NEVER OFFEND ME TO HAVE SOMEONE ASK ñ
ESPECIALLY A YOUNG WOMAN WHO IS STARTING A CAREER OR FAMILY
AND DOESN'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THEY CAN DO IT.
I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THEM ASKING ME HOW I DO IT.
>> ALSO, WE DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER FREQUENTLY.
I AM THE CEO OF YOUTUBE.
WE HAVE A NANNY FOR EACH KID.