Can someone explain this to me: > When government cannot impose right-thinking via new regulations it must be imposed by our social and intellectual superiors

Can someone explain this to me: > When government cannot impose right-thinking via new regulations it must be imposed by our social and intellectual superiors bullying us: “Everyone needs to get more comfortable with female leaders” I'm having a lot of trouble finding the implication of Greenspun's summary in the quote he uses from Sandberg's book.