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How are work-life balance issues different for men and women?

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    Women play the support role everywhere. Whereas men get to walk in to the results, leaving more time for balance.

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    I think it all depends first on how responsibilities at home are shared..going from my experience when married it seemed more balanced but single it seems to be almost impossible at times not to mention the stress of it all but if you have children and trying to balance the two..god bless the women and men that do! It's a hard life at times!

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    In my experience, differences in this matter between men and women are constantly getting smaller

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    They aren’t. Both have the same problems working too much.

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    Their expectations may differ a little. With conversations with my male coworkers, their days off usually consist of alcohol or sleeping in. Mine involve housework -- often even on days I'm working.

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    No one cares about men's work-life balance issues.

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    I’ve noticed that men tend to want to be at work more than women. It’s just the way it is. But everyone I work with tries to be at work as much as possible.

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    I don't know whether they are different among genders. I think its different among people who play similar roles in their home.

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    In some unfortunate cases, men think that once their work job is done, they do not have any more responsibility. In other cases, however, the men take on full responsibility (sometimes 100%) of the home life jobs. The main difference is that women are biologically the only ones carrying babies to full term if they so choose to.

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    Woman are care givers home makers...just cause she has a paying job dont mean she has a day off