BY BETTINA ARNDT
Nickels and dames
February 16, 2005
Do men really earn more than women? Or do they just work harder and smarter – and sacrifice more?
Thirty years ago, Warren Farrell wrote books about the benefits to men of women’s liberation. He often wore a “59¢” badge – calling attention to the wage gap at the time between men and women. But then he found himself wondering about that gap: “If an employer had to pay a man one dollar for the same work a woman could do for 59¢, why would anyone hire a man?”