Men work more?

Salary.com has just released a survey which claims that men work about an hour longer each day then women. According to the article featured on Netscape,

"The study seems to show that dual income families continue to follow the traditional husband-wife roles, with the wife continuing to take greater responsibility for the maternal role - spending about an hour and 20 minutes more each day maintaining the home and family, and about an hour less at work. "The results of the study are hardly surprising," says Lena Bottos, senior compensation analyst at Salary.com. "Women have made headway over the years in becoming equals in the workplace, however they are still primarily responsible for traditional housewife duties."

The article has an interesting chart which compares the amount of time men and women spend in a typical 24-hour period. It's worth the click to see it.

This report follows the release of a book earlier this year by Warren Farrell, Ph.D, Why Men Earn More which debunks assumptions that there is actually a pay gap between men and women.

Farrell contends while discrimination may occassionaly play a role, he says men and women make trade-offs that have an impact on earnings. In his book, he lists 25 different workplace choices that affect women's and men's incomes. Farrell's findings support the findings in this survey. He says men do put in more hours at work than women.

These findings are of course counter-intuitive to everything I believe in. I see the numbers. I believe they are real. But there's a part of me that thinks there's more to the story. I just don't know what it is.