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But yet men still make more money than women.

In the past 30 years women have been freed from many social restrictions such as wife and mother must have breakfast ready for husband and children before they arise in the morning and have the house cleaned and supper on the table when they walk through the door in the evening, leaving women feeling less guilty and (mentally) free to persue a life outside the home. It is also more acceptable for women to marry and have chilren later in life or to choose not to have children at all. Traditions have changed for men also. House husband is now a socially accepted profession. Statistics do not always tell the whole story. The question for me is the quality for life for everyone. Why aren't men choosing to further their education? Men have in the past have always been able to make a living for their family without an education, working in construction, in the coal mines, timber, etc. In the past jobs were given to women only if employers could not get a man to do the job, so women knew that getting a better education would stack the deck in their favor. A lot has changed to affect the statistics in the article.