but the fact remains that it is primarily women who take advantage of familyfriendly policies like flexible working arrangements so perpetuating the idea that family responsibilities are a woman s affair if women are good for business why do so few make it to the top and why do so many simply give up trying teleworking and parttime or temporary work may sound attractive in the short term as ways of juggling work and family commitments but the choice can be costly in the long term in terms not just of salary but of pensions and job security familyfriendly workplace practices can make it easier to combine work and home life but only if both men and women take advantage of them yet do employers make it easier for men and women to share domestic and family responsibilities outside the workplace