Vis WWJD, I seem to remember something along the lines of “render unto Caesar…”

LE, yes lapdancing culture has made it to Britain too and there are bright sparks working in The City who still think it’s appropriate to have meetings there. Turns my stomach.

My classification error, apologies. It’s the old forgot about why religion and politics shouldn’t be served together thing. He seems to’ve forgotten it. So has Kevvie.

Funnily enough as I recall Jesus advocates the separation of Church and State doesn’t he?

Keep in mind, if a man suggested what you said, he would be called sexist. I omitted that part of my argument in relation to ‘lack of applicants’ on purpose. OK, so I’m a coward!

But I also think the lack of female applicants for senior positions (company CEOs, law firm partners etc) can in part be attributed to the desire on the part of many women to spend time at home with their children. I never realised how strong that desire would be until I had children.

I wouldn’t want a job which demanded 95% of my time to the company, firm or whatever. A very large time commitment is required to get to a top position and to stay there successfully.

Therefore I will never be a CEO or a partner of a firm. But it’s more important to me to see my kids grow up – no one lies on her deathbed and thinks “I wish I’d spent more time at work.”

It’s not that women can’t do it but that many realise they don’t necessarily want to.

Of course, there’s always those who do want to achieve those heights, and good luck to ‘em too.

But if you plan to have a family and a stellar corporate career – I’d keep in mind that you can’t have everything at once – you’ll end up missing out on family, or you will be unable to give the necessary attention to your career. Or possibly feeling like you can’t give proper attention to anything. That’s fine if you’re prepared to do that – I certainly wouldn’t criticise anyone for making that choice. It’s just that I’m not prepared to do it myself – my current commitments of work, study and parenthood are hard enough!

i dunno about that. The Religious Right (Jewish, Christian and Muslim) seem to be cheerfully and casually talking about, of all things, a global religious war in the 21st century.

Messrs Blair and Bush are both born-again Christians. They never went so far as to issue apocalyptic rhetoric. But I reckon Baghdad looks a lot like St John’s dreams these days.

To my mind sex made no quantifiable difference in the transition to the workforce from college and that it was a cop out to say sexism (while it might exist) was in anyway a significant factor.

Not always true. Disgusting behaviour by these fellas from the dog end of the NY finance industry. I wonder what their mothers think of ‘em.