Yahoo! UK & Ireland Answers blog

“In which areas of life, if any, do women outperform men?”

– Denise Robertson

The Yahoo! Answers Challenge continues this week with agony aunt Denise Robertson asking a question in the featured category Business & Finance. Denise Robertson is known to millions as the agony aunt from ITV’s This Morning programme and has appeared on television for over twenty years, so she’s more than qualified to raise the issue of gender issues in the workplace with her question: ‘in which areas of life, if any, do women outperform men?’

The question is pertinent because, in era where women have long since gained legal workplace equality with men, they still under-perform in terms of mean salaries and senior management opportunities. This issue was addressed by TK in the Business & Finance category, asking: ‘what do women managers need to know to be successful and compete on the same level as men?’

The Business & Finance category is a wealth of useful information, divided into subcategories such as Careers & Employment, Personal Finance and Renting & Real Estate, all of which are rich in information and useful knowledge. Zee99 asks a question a great deal of would-be home owners are wondering: ‘why are house prices still going up in the UK?’ Smiley Face Lady wonders pertinently: ‘what’s an informal interview like?’ Are job interviews ever truly ‘informal?’

Denise Robertson will be back next week to chose the best answer – the Answers team are looking forward to all your thoughts and insights

– Yahoo! UK & Ireland Answers team