'Sexist pig' men get paid more
Men who hold traditional views of women earn more money than colleagues who hold a more modern view, say scientists.
A study of over 12,000 workers found that men who believe a woman's place is at home looking after the children earn on average £4,500 more each year.
He is also more likely to stare at his secretaries breasts, make inappropriate comments to office juniors and find out in a couple of years time that the woman he left at home is divorcing him.
The study, by experts from the University of Florida, followed and interviewed the worker four times between 1979 and 2005.
They were asked whether they believed a woman's place is in the home, whether employing wives leads to more juvenile delinquency, if a man should be the achiever outside the home and if the woman should take care of the home and family.
Dr Timothy Judge, one of the researchers, said: "More traditional people may be seeking to preserve the historical separation of work and domestic roles. Our results prove that is, in fact, the case,
"This is happening even in today's work force where men and women are supposedly equal as far as participation.
"These results show that changes in gender role attitudes have substantial effects on pay equity, when workers' attitudes become more traditional, women's earnings relative to men suffer greatly."
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