Women, anyway you look at it in business terms are more of a liability than men.

Pregnancy and PMS are the 2 main reasons business thinks that way. If I am a business and I hire a man, I don't have to worry about him getting pregnant and taking 6months off and all the hassle of trying to find someone to replace him for temporary and then I better hope that he doesn't get PMS (which is perfectly natural) and go off on customers cause he's having mood swings.

Yea, men have down sides. But being in a business world and talking to business execs they would rather take a slightly less capably man than a more capable woman, and they site those 2 reasons every time.

There's plenty of women that can do a better job than me, do a better job than me, or have higher posisitions than me and that doesn't bother me. I like working with women, they are usually more happy and more carefree to work with. But when it comes to getting down to business and getting work done, 7 times out of 10 a man can do it better and more efficently. It's statistical. It's not all the time, there's plenty of times a women can do great. And more power to those that can!