Forget Balance. Working Women Want Money.

Try working a little harder, stop leaving early to pick up little johnny and maybe you'd get a raise.

We touched a nerve with you, Dan! Actually, workplace research finds that women are as productive as their male counterparts in the same position, even though they often earn less. The impression that women leave early to pick up little johnny (like the notion that professional women are "opting out" of the workforce to be with kids) is a myth.

Hey Dan. After picking up "little Johnny?," those parents are probably logging on to do work for your sorry ass while Johnny plays? Don't worry puppetmaster, the marionettes will still dance for you. Why don't you just fire all the parents on your staff?

My Wife generally works less hours - never on weekends and rarely brings home her computer yet she earns as much or more than her male colleagues. She's also considered a rising star at her company. The key is to work smarter and not harder. There has on occasion when she's burned the midnight oil. Also she's moved from consulting to the line organization which generally means shorter hours.

The real heroes are working Mums, we're childless, even with me working part time I don't think I handle having young children and partime much less full time work.

It never ceases to amaze me that Americans always equate long hours with hard work. First in last out, doesn't matter how much you do only that you put in longer hours than anyone else.

Stupid!

Boy, Dan, you are off base!

I worked pretty steadily from 1959 to 2007. Took off from spring of 1974 to spring of 1980 to have 3 children.

Lucky for me, I had worked 2 jobs most of the time from 1959 to 1974, so now my SS check is not quite as lame as most women's, but I still can't live on it!

NOW, ASK YOURSELF THIS: It is 2008, and still, most women will choose to live on 1/2 of ex-hubby's or dead hubby's SS benefit, rather than their own, because half of his is bigger than all of theirs!

I was married from 1970 to 1981, and every time my ex did work, he earned at least twice what I was earning. My jobs were always more prestigious than his, and the companies I worked for were more prestigious than his employers. Today, he's living on 1/2 of his dead 3rd wife's SS benefit because, while he always had a paycheck twice the size of mine, he didnt work very often! Get a clue Dan! AND, bottom line, if women really got paid equal pay, you guys would have a better life! Women want to marry; want to have a family; want to contribute to a terrific home and lifestyle! Quitchrbitchin!