Why Men Earn More
By Warren Farrell,Ph.D.

According to the U.S. Bureau of labor, women earn a mere 80 cents for every dollar men earn. Why, forty years after the Federal Equal pay Act, do hard-working women still get paid less than the guys on the job?

Warren Ferrell, Ph.D., has been an advocate for women's rights since the early 1970's. Throughout his career as a counselor, trainer, and best-selling author, he has also worked to improve communication between the sexes and increase understanding of their differences. Now Dr. Ferrell confronts the emotionally charged economically-crucial issue of what are the real reasons women earn less than their male counterparts.

Why would bottom-line driven companies pay men more than women for the same amount of work? Perplexed by that question, Dr. Ferrell set out to find answers. Based on years of exhaustive research, he came to the conclusion that women pay an economic price for seeking more flexible, less risky, end more fulfilling careers. In opther words, men make more money because they are more likely to make personal sacrifices for the payoff of pay. After factoring variables such as hours worked (men work about four hours more a week) and uninterrupted experience (men average about an additional year an a half in their current occupations), Dr. Ferrell discovered an assumption-shattering fact: when their job responsibilities (not just titles), experience and contributions are the same, men routinely earn less than women.

“For most people , the bad news is that the highway to high pay is often a toll road,” notes Dr. Ferrell. “The good news is that what is a toll road to one person may be nirvana to another.” Beyond urging women to stop seeing them selves as victims of discrimination, Why Men Earn More presents 25 concrete, measurable ways for any woman to increase her pay if she is willing to make certain trade-offs.

They include:
• Choose a career with higher financial and emotional risks (i.e. venture capitalist)
• Find a specialty that requires frequent updating-and stay current
• Seek more lucrative subfields (surgeon vs psychiatrist)
• Get hazard pay without the hazards (i.e. be an administrator in the Air Force)
• Relocate-especially to undesirable locations at the company's behest
• Require less job security

Dr. Ferrell looks at discrimination in favor of women-in male dominated fields like construction; in female-dominated fields like social work;and for women who have the added advantage of beauty. Offering a frank look at the disappointed dreams of the “have it all' era to the balanced realities of the “trade-offs” era, this book opens doors to higher pay and more rewarding work for both sexes.

Dr. Ferrell, is the author of several books on gender issues, including the award-winning bestsellers, Why Men Are The Way They Are and The Myth of Male Power. Married with two grown daughters, he runs his own business in Carlsbad, California.

Published By: Amacon Books

Details:

Retail Price is $23.00
Hardcover: 288 pages
Publisher: AMACOM; 1st edition (January, 2005)
ISBN: 0814472109
Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.3 x 1.2 inches


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