Editing Warren Farrell (section)

=== ''Why Men Earn More'' ===
By the start of the 21st century, Farrell felt he had re-examined every substantial adult male–female issue except the pay gap (i.e., that men as a group tend to earn more money than women as a group).<ref name="Earn_9780814472101" /> In ''Why Men Earn More: The Startling Truth Behind the Pay Gap—and What Women Can Do About It,''<ref name="Earn_9780814472101" /> he documents 25 differences in men and women's work-life choices which, he argues, account for most or all of the pay gap more accurately than did claims of widespread discrimination against women. Farrell writes that men chose to earn more money, while each of women's choices prioritized having a more balanced life. These 25 differences allowed Farrell to offer women 25 ways to higher pay—and accompany each with their possible trade-offs.<ref name="Earn_9780814472101" /> The trade-offs include working more hours and for more years; taking technical or more hazardous jobs; relocating overseas or traveling overnight.<ref name="Earn_9780814472101" /> This led to considerable praise for ''Why Men Earn More'' as a career book for women.<ref>''Articles'':
* ''Why Men Earn More'' was chosen by ''U.S. News & World Report'' as one of five "Great Career Books."
* {{cite news | last = Nemko | first = Marty | title = Five Great Career Books to read in 2006 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121016131523/http://www.usnews.com/usnews/biztech/career/careercoach/archive/060104/five_great_career_books_to_rea.htm | archive-date = October 16, 2012 | url = https://www.usnews.com/usnews/biztech/career/careercoach/archive/060104/five_great_career_books_to_rea.htm | date = January 4, 2006}}
* {{cite book | last = Bolles | first = Richard | title = What color is your parachute? job-hunter's workbook: how to create a picture of your ideal job or next career | page = 122 | publisher = Ten Speed Press | location = Berkeley & New York | year = 2010 | isbn = 978-1-58008-009-5 | quote = I would give this book to every female career-chooser or career-changer on the planet. }}
* {{cite web | title= 2005 Foreword INDIES WINNERS in Career (Adult Nonfiction) | url = https://www.forewordreviews.com/awards/winners/2005/career/ | publisher = Foreword Reviews | date = 2005 }}</ref>

Some of Farrell's findings in ''Why Men Earn More'' include his analysis of census bureau data that never-married women without children earn 13% more than their male counterparts, and that the [[gender pay gap]] is largely about married men with children who earn more due to their assuming more workplace obligations.

Themes woven throughout ''Why Men Earn More'' are the importance of assessing trade-offs; that "the road to high pay is a toll road;" the "Pay Paradox" (that "pay is about the power we forfeit to get the power of pay"); and, since men earn more, and women have more balanced lives, that men have more to learn from women than women do from men.<ref name="Earn_9780814472101" />