Likewise, the survey found large numbers of both sexes saying that they believe women are paid less than men for similar work. Two-thirds of the men polled and 80 percent of the women believe women face pay discrimination. Fla. Ford said she knows of relationships souring over a woman's successes. She said a close friend of hers, also a nurse, started dating a man who was a heavy equipment operator. Things seemed to be going swimmingly until he learned that the woman was making 5 cents an hour more than he was.
Men feel threatened when they think a lady is doing better.
Ill. Married with five children, he is a counselor who works with disabled people to help them find jobs. One couple Alvarado knows divorced when the wife, formerly a homemaker, started a small steel recycling business out of her home that grew successful. Her husband resented her accomplishment, Alvarado said. The husband didn't want his wife to get to her maximum potential. It was a macho thing.