ield is one possibility. Another cause of these differences is the variances in the motives which lead men and women into the labor market. In the past, women would get a part time job when the children were in school for extra income or to keep busy. Today, however, more women are making careers for themselves. Men and women also invest their human capital differently, mostly due to varying physical abilities between men and women. Studies have been performed on the brain differences between men and women. One sex is not superior or inferior to the other; women and men just think differently. This is evident in the manner in which women and men solve the same problems. If you were to present a situation or a problem to be solved to both a man and a woman, most likely their thought pattern would be different, even if their conclusions were the same. The psychological abilities are not the same; men favor spatial while women excel in verbal. This supports the fact that there are more male engineers and computer science jobs held by men than women. This could also contribute to the differences in money, since these jobs traditionally pay higher than jobs such as teaching and nursing which were traditionally held by women. In todays society, men that monopolize leadership positions because they try harder to get them does not mean that men deserve these positions or that men do a better job in them than women would do if they became leaders. Women need to determine whether or not they choose to work towards these positions of power and authority. Most often, they need to work harder to earn the jobs, so as to prove themselves worthy not only to the organization and to co-workers, but also to themselves. Gender quotas are the most persuasive influence of feminism in America. Quotas deny benefits and impose burdens on individuals not responsible for any wrongs. They cannot be justified as compensation, inspiration, or p...
