this debate because 90% of the "piers morgan live" staff are women. literally, 90%. and very, very capable people they are, too. in my experience, pretty good negotiators. take someone like my wife, who's a writer. she's a great writer, much better than me, but a terrible negotiator. she just hates negotiating. hates the whole process, worries about saying no to things, would never dream of asking for a pay rise or anything like that. the reason that's significant is you read a little part of "lean in" even sheryl sandberg when show was approached by mort zuckerberg, she wanted to accept the first offer he made. she was ready to accept the job, dying to accept it. my husband dave kept telling me negotiate but i was terrified of doing anything that might botch the deal. i could play hard ball but maybe mark wouldn't want to work with me. was it worth it knowing i was ultimately going to accept the offer. her exasperated brother-in-law blurts out damn it, why are you going to make less than any man would make for the same job. even sheryl sandberg had to be