Frank

There are more men than women in the work force.  In the recent study there was only 26% women in the IT industry.  Don't start with men work working long hour and have more stress at work.  A lot of women choose to stay home to raise kids and take care of the family, and you think it is easy.  It is so stressful, no pay raise, no sick leave, no pay leave, no holiday, no vacation, long hour and I am talking about 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

How about you stay home with 4 kids for one day and see if you can survive?

Also having a kid and work is not easy, you juggle ten things at the same time.  Wake up at 5 in the morning, get the kids ready to go to school or take the kids to go to daycare, then go to work.  Sometimes you need to time out to take the kids to see the dentist or the doctor. After work, you go home, prepare dinner, start the laundry, getting the kids ready to go to bed, then turn on the computer to finish the work that you haven't finished during the day.  Sometimes you even have to work weekend to make it up.  The beauty is no one appreciate what you do.

It is the culture that men get more pay, also it is because there are a lot of men liked you thinking women do not take working seriously !!!