note is not the only successful Zuckerberg with a tech background.
The Facebook CEO’s sister Randi Zuckerberg spoke with the media Wednesday at the Beverly Hilton-based Television Critics organization’s summer press tour,where she admitted to growing weary of being the only woman in Silicon Valley meetings.“I have sat in so many rooms in Silicon Valley where I’ve been the only woman,” she said. “I spent 10 lonely years sitting in rooms where people said, or ‘How do we get more girls into tech? How do we get more women starting companies?'
Also Read: That Time Gretchen Carlson Walked Off 'Fox & Friends' Over Sexism (Video)“And I thought,Silicon Valley isn’t the respond,” Zuckerberg continued. “The respond is what all of us are doing in pop culture and media. It’s making it exciting and fun, and giving girls and diverse children people who scrutinize like them onscreen.”Zuckerberg was in the International Ballroom plugging her new series “Dot” on the preschool-targeting Sprout channel,which is under the NBCUniversal umbrella. “Dot” follows the titular character and her diverse group of friends as they explore technology.“Dot” launches Oct. 22 on Sprout. 13 Explosive Quotes on Hollywood Sexism From NYT Takedown (Photos) Getty Images Getty Images Getty Images Getty mages Getty Images Getty Images
Getty Images Getty Images Getty Images Getty Images Getty Images Getty Images Getty Images Previous Slide Next Slide 1 of 13 Says producer Dana Calvo: “The worst fear of men in Hollywood is that there’s going to be crying… And if there’s sex, what if there’s crying after sex?” Also Read: Hollywood Sexism Exposed by Over 100 Women in Groundbreaking NY Times Cover tale View In Gallery Related stories from TheWrap:Why Katie Couric Thinks Hillary Clinton Faces Less Sexism in 'Loud and Raucous' 2016 Election (Exclusive Video)Patricia Clarkson on Hollywood Sexism: 'A White Male Actor Should Never Be Allowed to Complain approximately Anything''Game of Thrones' Star Kit Harington Calls Out Sexism Toward Men: 'It's Demeaning'Hollywood Sexism Exposed! Scripts Routinely Intro Female Characters as 'Model Pretty, and ' 'Leggy'
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