Marissa Mayer explains that infamous Vogue photo shoot

By pankaj

Charlie Rose grilled Marissa Mayer at an Advertising Week event in New York City.

NEW YORK (CNNMoney)

Famed interviewer Charlie Rose grilled Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer on Tuesday about Yahoo's brand, the company's future ... and that controversial Vogue photo shoot.

Rose and Mayer appeared onstage at the IAB Mixx conference as part of New York City's Advertising Week. After Rose asked Mayer about gender issues as a female CEO -- to which she answered, "I really don't feel it" -- he segued into last month's flap over Mayer's photo shoot in Vogue magazine.

The magazine published a two-page photo spread of Mayer, along with a 3,000-word article about her in its September issue. In the spread, Mayer posed upside-down on a chaise lounge, hair fanned out, holding a tablet featuring an image of her face.
That photo, along with an accompanying article Vogue published about what Mayer wears to work, set off yet another Mayer-focused debate about women in the workplace.