friend wanted to work after having a child, the other 3 worked in high powered jobs in the private sector. I think we can assume that very few public sector jobs actively barred male employees, so there were a disproportionately high proportion of women employed because a disproportionately high proportion of women applied for those roles. If more women than men are actively seeking public sector jobs, what is supposed to be done about it, and by who? Children have fathers as well as mothers - why is childcare provision only impacting on women's employment prospects? I think we can assume that very few high-paying private sector jobs actively barred fe male employees, so there were a disproportionately high proportion of men employed because a disproportionately high proportion of men applied for those roles. If more men than women are actively seeking highly paid private sector jobs, what is supposed to be done about it, and by who? Downhill Abbey, Celeb. culture, Hello! and all that . Footballers wives .PIP boob jobs by the ton . Its very sad that women are further behind than in the 1980s. Its part of a society which seems to feed a pathetic desire to be a man's property and live a consumer centric lifestyle that is all codswallop. I'm at uni now, ( mature student 40 plus) and am shocked not only by how many boys of 18-21 not only treat women as objects to clean up after them, ( or go back