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Workplace flexibility. equal pay for equal work, the issues we need to look at and move off this issue i think created a firestorm and really more about let try to look at these issues and talk about what we can do about them instead of these crazy fights. these kind of fights actually, it keeps people away from the polls, which i think is -- we want to engage people. >> of course, now, for all we know, because of what happened, both parties will be afraid to actually talk about the middle part of this issue that nobody is talking about. betsy meyers, thank you for joining me from boss than fr...

Or act. the truth is what many women are struggling with is trying to do both, trying to work and have a family. that's why one of the big conversations that are going on, a lot of corporate america is actually tackling this issue of workplace flexibility, how do we create an environment where women and men, because men today are really involved in their children's lives and how do we create an environment at work where they can have a career and raise a family. >> is there something on the federal level? should we be having a debate on this issue, new laws, new anything that needs to be done ...

About -- there's actually a middle ground here called workplace flexibility, things like that. there are other parts of this conversation that it didn't spark the debate i think a lot of working mothers would like to have. >> how about paying women who work in the home or making sure that they get some social security benefits for the years that they put in raising children. >> that's been an issue for a lot of stay at home mothers for a long time. >> there's a lot of issues we are not debating while we're going off the track. >> we learned that conservatives will quickly rally around mitt rom...

When i did the book was -- >> there are ultimately people that don'tright. >> so we're not -- like somehow that is -- well, we're not having the choice. so is workplace flexibility, is that actually the live issue here? >> well, i think it is the issues that women see in the workplace, and there's no doubt, as i said -- how can you be -- it is possible to be both. i think these ladies feel like they're good moms and they do well in the workplace as well. and i worked hard to do that as well. so it's making sure that when you're talking about fair pay and you're talking about child care nobody ...

Flexibility, workplace flexibility, because one of the things we are doing at the women's center for business in bentley looking that the issue why in 2012, we still only have 12 to 14% of the top jobs in corporate america are held by women? why is that? what's fascinating and really exciting is corporate america is starting to say, wait a minute, we know we have to harness all of the incredible brain power around the business case that companies who have more women in higher positions make more money, they are more profitable, so companies like the accounting firms are leading the charge. pri...