by men; they are starting their own businesses in record numbers. All those gains clearly contradict the image of women as victims struggling against discrimination in the workplace." According to Furchtgott-Roth, fewer female executives in the workforce has more to do with the choices that women make regarding their careers, rather than blaming it on the "glass ceiling." As Furchtgott-Roth sees it, the demands of raising a family often conflict with the realities of attaining a higher level in one's profession. To reach the CEO level, for example, individuals usually have to log many years on the job, typically 25 or more, and dedicate more than 40 hours per week to their profession. Writes Furchtgott-Roth, "Many men and women, especially mothers, do not want to do this. Moving in and out of the work force in accordance with family demands is not conducive to being a CEO of a major corporation. There is nothing wrong with choosing a career which allows more time at home with less pay rather than one with more time at work with more pay, and in either case women should not be considered victims of a glass ceiling." Elizabeth Fox-Genovese echoes this viewpoint by stating, "For women to earn the same as men, they must hold the same jobs and must hold them for the same amount of time. This is not a scenario that easily includes motherhood." It is Furchtgott-Roth's view that those women who make the sacrifices can and do achieve executive status.

Elizabeth Fox-Genovese contends that assertations that women are treated unequally within the workplace are exaggerated. Most people today would agree that men and women doing the same job should receive the same pay. While Fox-Genovese acknowledges that pay inequalities still exist, and should not be ignored, she writes, "The gap between men and women in wages and salaries is on the verge of extinction. Today women are claiming a steadily increasing share of of both [job] positions and incomes." It is Fox-Genovese's contention that the wage gap is no longer simply an issue between men and women, but between social classes. She writes, "The differences between paychecks have more to do with the differences between social classes--and, increasingly, the education that, more than anything else today, determines class membership--than with the differences between the sexes. Within classes, differences between men and women persist, although they are steadily lessening. And, in

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