Matt Lauer asking the female head of GM what?!

She should have turned around and asked him if he could be a good father and a news anchor. Duh Matt. That kind of thinking is archaic.

This. I have the Today show on most mornings for about 20 minutes and then I always wonder why. He's kinda douchey.

I also feel that question was inappropriate.

He also asked if the GM board might have selected her because she was a woman in light of the litigation, inferring that the public or government would go easier on the company if the face of the CEO was a woman.  

I don't know the answer to that either but after graduating from college 35+ years ago subsequent to a strong woman's right movement in the '70's I don't think we've made much headway. The NY Times editor (can't recall her name right now) another case in point.

I just saw this on the news a few minutes ago. Both the woman anchor and myself were appalled that he went there. Apparently he justified it by saying that they had previously discussed work-life balance; however, as the anchor pointed out, no one who hadn't seen the previous discussion would know this.
He's gotten more and more arrogant as time goes on.

(And with this post, I've posted more on this board than I did on 2Peas in the last 6 months.)

I think it's a stupid question. But to play devil's advocate here. What if the reason we don't ask male CEOs that question is because we've had years and years and years of male CEOs and already kind of know the answer to that question. But Female CEOs of major corporations is a fairly newer thing and we aren't sure if the dynamic is the same or not?

I don't know. I think it's an irrelevant question. What makes a person a good or bad parent is their commitment to their children. Not their commitment to their job. And also, why does the general public care or need to know how good a parent is? How does her being able to make it to PTC or not have anything to do with her running a company?

Matt Lauer is an idiot.