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Warren Farrell PhD:
When you have never married men who have never had children and you compare them with never married women who have never had children the never married men who have never had children earn only 85% of what the never married women earn.

Warren Farrell, author of the book, Why Men Earn More says yes men do earn more in many cases but the whole issue is much more complicated and he studied it for three years.

And what I discovered was that men and women actually do twenty-five significantly different things and each of those things lead to men earning more money but also lead to women having better lives.

In other words women are more likely to make choices that put life and family first. Men are more likely to sacrifice those things for their career. Now you've probably heard that male doctors earn more than female doctors however…

The male doctor is more likely to be a cardiac surgeon the female doctor more likely to be a psychiatrist so he's more likely to work more hours a week have more residency's, internships background and training. When you look more closely and you say do female and male cardiac surgeons both working the same number of hours a week, then who earns more? That's when you find that the woman earns more for the same work. But we often times summarize same work as being they're both doctors therefore the women and men are doing the same work - not true.

At somethingyoushouldknow.net I'm Mike Carruthers and that's Something You Should Know.