Sheryl Sandberg is the 42-year-old Chief Operating Officer at Facebook, the highest ranked woman in the company, and she says women should embrace their femininity in the workplace.
“I’ve cried at work. I’ve told people I’ve cried at work,’ she said. ‘I don’t believe we have a professional self from Mondays through Fridays and a real self for the rest of the time.”
“I talk about my hopes and fears and ask people about theirs. I try to be myself. Honest about my strengths and weaknesses, and I encourage others to do the same. It’s all professional and it is all personal, all at the very same time.”
But critics said Ms Sandberg was already in a position of power and other women further down the chain of command could not afford the ‘luxury’ of tears at work.
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Chrissie Swan covered The Australian Women's Weekly.Former Sex and The City star Cynthia Nixon married her long term partner Christine Marinoni in New York.Tori Spelling showed off her baby bump during a holiday with her family. She's pregnant with her fourth child. When she announced her pregnancy, she said 'I can dispel the old wives’ tale that you can’t get pregnant while you’re breastfeeding.' She's due in September and her youngest is 7 months old.
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From our partnerJustin Bieber could face charges of criminal battery after he allegedly assulted a paparazzo who was following him.WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange lost his bid to stay in London and will be extradited to Sweden to face charges of sexual assault in that country’s court. He can appeal the European Court of Human Rights.Less than a month after editors of Vogue pledged to use more diverse models in their magazines, Vogue Germany ran a series of photos of supermodels and actresses who weren't wearing make-up. Photoshopped.The spread also included a picture of their editor, Christiane Arp.
From our partnerIndonesia Lady Gagagerman-vogueSwedish contestant Loreen won the 2012 Eurovision competition.Researchers in China put on panda suits to help a 21-month-old panda and its mother transfer to a new home
From our partnerNASA released never-before-seen shots of Mars.The UK.'s Advertising Standards Agency named this YSL Sophie Dahl ad as it's most complained about ad ever. It was made in 2000 and received complaints because it was too sexually suggestive.News Limited published images of an alleged violent outburst from Grant Hackett last year while his then wife and two children were home. The photos showed holes punched in walls, a bedroom door all but obliterated and his wife’s grand piano tipped over on its side.Is this the new iPhone 5? These pictures were being shared around the Internet and sources say they're leaked pics.
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