16. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Thu, Jan 04, 2007, 7:53 pm PST

sorry about the double post.

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17. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Thu, Jan 04, 2007, 8:22 pm PST

Hello it's 2007 - Female CEOs at Fortune 500 Companies: Radio Shack, Sara Lee, Reynolds America, Avon Products, Xerox, SafeCo, Lucent Technologies, Rite Aid, Golden West Financial, and E-Bay. This list won't even mention independents like Martha Stewart and Oprah Winfrey. Women often have to put in more time and work much harder to climb that corporate ladder. In my eyes, only qualifications and work product should be considered. Whether you applying to be an Administrative Assistant or the Chief Financial Officer, your resume should only require initials, not a first name.

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18. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Fri, Jan 05, 2007, 12:19 am PST

The big city back stabbing desk jockies on Wall Street think the have it bad. Try the pressures of todays military. 15 years ago when I joined the military was fun. A lot of weird hours but I had fun. Now it's different. In the last 6 years I've been gone 4 of them. In this profession guys don't marry their jobs. Men really don't have a choice. There is a lot of people competing for promotions, and most importantly, you better know your stuff in war. Or you end up in a box.

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19. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Fri, Jan 05, 2007, 12:24 am PST

show me a woman that doesnt care about a mans earning power and ill show you a woman whos man most likely isnt a WORK-AHOLIC.

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20. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Fri, Jan 05, 2007, 12:29 am PST

I believe we're getting off topic here. Now we're going into a "who has it worse at work" arguement. Let's focus back on the real topic: Why do men spend so much time at their jobs? I believe a lot of it is not because of the wife at home who is nagging all the time. It really has to do with trying to be the best at a challenge. Let me reword that, "mechanical challenges." What I mean is you give input and you get ouptut. It's like a mathematical equation. But at home we don't try as hard anymore because no matter who much input we put in, we don't get the output we expect. In the beginning of the relationship, they give us in immense amount of output. They appreciate our efforts. Now they expect things. Where is the challenge there?

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21. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Fri, Jan 05, 2007, 12:30 am PST

It seems that David is right with unbalance of relationship of home and work. I recently graduated college and I am looking for a job in "corporate america". I know when I find my "real job" that I am going to spend alot of hours at work because my job reflects who I am as a person. I am still working at my college job still which is a furniture store and u can see people treat you differently because they view me a negative way because i am working in a low wage job. I think it is ironic though that some of the woman that come in the store always complain to me that they do not see there husband that much because of work but they are gladly spending thousands of dollars in furniture that he probably does not care about.

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22. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Fri, Jan 05, 2007, 12:30 am PST

Interesting article.In my case, my EXhusband made his customers & the group at work his family. My daughter says I am her mother and father because father was rarely home. He was either late coming home or got called back out to work after he had his dinner. I looked at my home environment and saw a man who had it made. For almost 40 years all he did was go to work, come home to eat, sleep and bathe. I was his housekeeper, valet and chef.I did all the work in the home/lawn/garden plus worked 9-5. I dearly wish that "washing machines, stoves and supermarkets" had ended all my work & my problems. Men are not always the villains. Women can be just as villainous. It's just that the odds are in favor of the men. I'm sure there are some men out there somewhere who are right & good occasionally. I just haven't seen many of them. Thanks for your article and for letting me vent.

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23. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Fri, Jan 05, 2007, 12:30 am PST

Interesting article.In my case, my EXhusband made his customers & the group at work his family. My daughter says I am her mother and father because father was rarely home. He was either late coming home or got called back out to work after he had his dinner. I looked at my home environment and saw a man who had it made. For almost 40 years all he did was go to work, come home to eat, sleep and bathe. I was his housekeeper, valet and chef.I did all the work in the home/lawn/garden plus worked 9-5. I dearly wish that "washing machines, stoves and supermarkets" had ended all my work & my problems. Men are not always the villains. Women can be just as villainous. It's just that the odds are in favor of the men. I'm sure there are some men out there somewhere who are right & good occasionally. I just haven't seen many of them. Thanks for your article and for letting me vent.

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24. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Fri, Jan 05, 2007, 12:30 am PST

Frankly, the entire business bothers me. I have been married for five years now and I feel like chopped liver. My husband isn't married to his job, but he is married to his social life. Both my daughter and I take a backseat to his everchanging whims. I think that ignoring a relationship because of a job is absolutely pathetic. Women face just as much competition in the work place as men. I feel the same need for respect and success that my husband does. Yet, I still try my best at home. If women can juggle home and work (often with very little sleep), then men can as well.

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25. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Fri, Jan 05, 2007, 12:37 am PST

Its good that a man be committed to his career. It reflects tht he is serious about his life and his other.

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26. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Fri, Jan 05, 2007, 12:38 am PST

Its good that a man be committed to his career. It reflects tht he is serious about his life and his other.

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27. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Fri, Jan 05, 2007, 12:38 am PST

Most American women expect emotional and financial security plus time from their man. Even the so called 'independent' ones. They want to be with a man that has money and time, which are often two conflicting needs. Having one of these is not enough, generally speaking, they need to have both. So, men are caught in a trap. Because unless you put in long hours in the office these days, it is nearly impossible to get ahead and make more money. It's a can't win situation. So, guys would rather focus on their careers and their own security unless/until an understanding woman comes along and can meet the man half way. Personally, I find that foreign women (non-Americans) are much more accommodating and less nagging. They let their man be a man and support him rather than criticize or complain. This doesn't mean that they are subservient. What it does mean is that they are not as demanding and argumentative. Like the gentleman said, nagging and complaining are not sources of pleasure for men. That pretty much sums it up. If women would stop complaining and show some appreciation, affection and compassion, we might find ways to come home; i.e. we would be more motivated to do so.

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28. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Fri, Jan 05, 2007, 12:39 am PST

Its good that a man be committed to his career. It reflects tht he is serious about his life and his other.

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29. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Fri, Jan 05, 2007, 12:42 am PST

I will strongly agree that woman mature a lot faster than us men. And that they know exactly what they want a lot earlier in a relationship than we do. I'm in a situation where marriage is the next step in our lives and frankly, I'm scared. Not because I don't love her, but because I'm afraid of all the things that I hear and see, like the conversation that we are all having today. I want to feel that if I give constant input, I'm going to get constant output. True, woman do want more emotional input, but what you ladies have to understand is that we men need the physical output.

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30. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Fri, Jan 05, 2007, 12:53 am PST

I spent many long days climbing a corporate ladder. What did I find when I reached the top? The ladder I had been climbing was leaning on the wrong building. I now work a lot less and spend a lot more time focused on the people and things that really matter. Some people may never get it, and for others it may take a life changing event to understand. I'm just glad I will never spend another day at home thinking I could be at the office instead. I now think about the many things I want to do with those I care the most about. Women who need a man with the "success badge" are often narcissistic-dependent...they are in love with an image or status more than a man. The men they seek will most likely be highly narcissistic, after all, they do make the best corporate types.

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