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Its actually the other way around. Men face more pressure to earn a higher income than women, so more men enter higher paying careers.

1. Women prefer to marry a guy who makes more money than her. So there is significant sexual pressure to become a high status ($) man.

2. Men (statistically) can't marry up large income gaps. So they know that what ever lifestyle they want, they have to be solely responsible for it.

Women on the other hand have more freedom to do what they desire since men care far less about their partners income, and women have the economic security of being able to marry a higher income partner.



Men also end up working in far more dangerous jobs, which pay more. The gap in workplace accidents and deaths affecting men vs women is staggering. Over 90% of workplace deaths are men.


"Men face more pressure to earn a higher income than women, so more men enter higher paying careers."

Citation?


That sounds good, but, it's mainly retrograde sexist bunk. It also ignores the long history of women fighting for access to those professions and being actively denied.

Which you presumably know as well, which is why you created a new, anonymous account rather than owning your words.




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