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Before you get the wrong idea this article was not intended to be sexist.  As a father of two wonderful girls and a wife that I love dearly that is the last thought that would be expressed by me.  What I am pointing to is a by product of the new economy we are now facing.  Why I am pleased to see women achieve great heights I also see the damaging results that this new reality has done to many American families.

Women are working incredibly long hours leaving very little time for their family and or their health.  I took a three month contract with a major bank to bring in some extra money for Christmas and was shocked to see a department where there was only 4 men and over 95 women.

The area of expertise for the bank was Foreclosure Utility Services in which they process the paperwork with attorneys for Foreclosure.  The work is highly detailed and requires many long hours with the amount of foreclosures that is being processed.

Fortunately for me I am in my last month and a half of work.  These women have done a double shift they have worked 12 hours day and the management staff comprised of 3 women and one male have put in 6 days a week for over 6 months.

In the short time I have been there I have heard and seen women grossly obese, chain smokers, diabetics, and the like.

Many of these women’s marriages are in deep jeopardy as they have disclosed to me.  I pray for many of these women and feel a deep sadness for where we have now headed.

All of these women have a deep desire to provide everything for their kids materially but no sense of what the cost is to them or their family.  By no means is this intentional but just has now been accepted as the norm.

I end with these two questions “If you gain the whole world financially and loose your health and family is it worth it?  What kind of world can we expect if work debt and consumption permeates our women and family life?