I like this article a lot. I have always thought it very shortsighted to strive for the life that men have. The tradeoff that many men make (more time working,

I like this article a lot. I have always thought it very shortsighted to strive for the life that men have. The tradeoff that many men make (more time working, less time with family) are advantageous from a biological point of view, but, frankly, they are terrible from a moral point of view. As a result of our biology, many men have this insatiable appetite for advancing our careers. The reason for this appetite is to build wealth, fame, and power, which then enables us to attract more mates and, hopefully (from our genes' point of view), have more children. Now, this is not to say that men sit there thinking about how working over the weekend will get them more future mates. No, instead, we just have this blind urge to work and that blind urge gets us into a situation that enables the other stuff. While this may make a lot of sense from the point of view of our genes, in my opinion, it doesn't make sense morally. To me, a person should work enough to be comfortable and spend the rest of the time building relationships with the people they care about. I just can't see a justification for choosing money, fame, and power over nourishing and building your relationships. And, knowing that attracting mates is the whole point of working in excess of what's necessary to meet basic needs, I just can't understand why anybody would want to adopt that strategy. So, coming from that point of view, while I completely agree that women who choose (or need) to work should enjoy the same opportunities for career advancement that men do, I think equal emphasis should be given to increasing the respect that we, as a society, have for the roles that women have traditionally played. That way, women can be women (whatever that means to them; as a man, I cannot speak to this) and be respected as equals. As an example of what I mean by respecting the roles that women have traditionally played: at the company where I work, we recently had two women give birth. They had _NO_ maternity leave. Any time they took off was either sick time, vacation time, or unpaid. To me, this is unacceptable. So, to go back to my earlier point, it is important that these two women have the same career opportunities as men, but I think it's equally important that we respect their roles as mothers by creating an environment where they can spend an adequate amount of time with their newborns, without having to worry about whether or not the bills will get payed. Note: I am a straight, white, and male. I have not been thinking about these issues for a long time, so please elevate me if I'm getting things wrong.