Why Men Earn More
by Warren Farrell · first published 2005
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Explains the gender pay gap through concrete factors like industry, hours worked, and career choices, backed by many statistics; suits readers who want data-driven reasons for earnings differences.
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I just finished reading the book "Why Men Earn More" by Warren Farrell. He does a good job of going into more depth about the gender differences among different industries.
on “Women in tech - Stop talking, start coding” ↗> Women still on average make less than men. That's true, but as I understand it, it's not because of discrimination but because of different choices. https://www.amazon.com/Why-Men-Earn-More-Startling/dp/154275... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pdnkbs4l_g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sl0JcZfFGQw
on “The ongoing witch-hunt for sex workers in Sweden” ↗This book helps explain it a lot: http://www.amazon.com/Why-Men-Earn-More-Startling/dp/0814472... The pay difference is a matter of a multitude of life choices made slightly differently between men and women.
on “What happened to all the female developers?” ↗Read "Why Men Earn More" by Warren Farrell to understand the reasons why this is.
on “2013 Developer Salary Survey” ↗Women don’t earn less for the same work. Never married women with no kids actually out earn never married men with no kids. Please read “why men earn more” by Warren Farrell or skim the table of contents for a list of some of the factors that influence earnings, such as working longer hours, in a different field, in unpleasant conditions, etc.
on “A generation of American men give up on college” ↗The best book I've read on this topic is "Why Men Earn More", written by a former director of the National Organization of Women. The book is essentially a guide showing women how to earn more money, offering a huge example of interesting statistics. For example,…
on “Women, Income, and The Sexual Paradox: Explaining America's Gender Gap” ↗…children, which impedes their flexibility in making money. Don't blame me (or society) for biology. Edit: if you are at all interested, I started reading a book yesterday that sounds very promising - "Why Men Earn More" http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000TE6BDW?ie=UTF8&camp... I only read the free kindle intro so far, but it is supposed to help both men and women to make better choices, and it explains the pay gap.…
on “On being a girl in computer science - a confession” ↗…change location, and training for technical jobs that involve less people contact -- and provides readers with specific, research-supported ways for women to earn higher pay." https://www.amazon.com/Why-Men-Earn-More-Startling/dp/154275... But there are many other sources. One example was a study of wages at the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, which has completely codified/rigid pay structure and still…
on “No dates, no sex, no weddings, no kids” ↗…upsetting the ratio. In all honesty, if I were to guess at the reason there aren't many women in CS, I'd say it's because women don't tend to care as much as men do about generating wealth. Warren Farrell's 'Why Men Earn More' came to similar conclusions: that men are more disposed to taking nastier, more stressful jobs if the pay will be higher. If this is indeed the case, then it would seem that the easiest way to attract…
on “Y Combinator Female Founders Conference LiveStream ” ↗This sounds a lot like the idea former N.O.W. boardmember Warren Farrell wrote in Why Men Earn More: that bias-based unequal pay for women is largely a myth, and that women are most often paid less than men not because they are discriminated against, but because they have made lifestyle choices that…
on “"Life Expectancy" Doesn't Measure How Long You're Expected To Live” ↗…bias here, given this and the fact there isn't anything in the linked article that really supports their position, rather its a snippet of interpretation for a Sheryl Sandberg interview and a book titled Why Men Earn More: The Startling Truth Behind the Pay Gap -- and What Women Can Do About It by Warren Farrell. To which, he uses both snippets outside of their broader context, which both argue that pay remediation is…
on “New York Times Tech Guild goes on strike” ↗http://www.amazon.com/Why-Men-Earn-More-Startling/dp/0814472...
on “Lesbians tend to earn more than heterosexual women” ↗