Listeners respond: when women earn more than men

We asked you, our listeners, to weigh in on a new trend, which shows that young, single women without children are earning more than their male counterparts.

Les from Utah writes:
I’m so happy to hear that some women are finally being rewarded appropriately for their work. As a woman with a PhD, I know I earn $40,000 less than my male colleagues with the same years/grant funding/pubs. When I raise this with my dean, he says he cannot assess whether I’m discriminated against because there are too few women. I hope these young women continue to push ahead with their success. By the way, I earn more than my husband, and he seems totally happy with it.