Do most young women earn more than most young men?

I don't think so.

Women are more likely to marry a man who earns more and has an equal or advanced education. Men, on the other hand, are more likely to marry a woman who earns less and has less of an education.

I know many feminists are thinking that men only marry women who earn less because women are discriminated in the work-place. Lol!!

That would be true if most men married women in the same profession, but that is not the case. Men are constantly marrying women with less lucrative professions.

If you're a man whose wife or partner earns more than you (which I am), my message to you is this: Get over it!
In a day and age where most are fortunate to have a job that supports a reasonable lifestyle (or in some cases any job) I (and we) are grateful to be in the position we are in. Personally knowing friends and family members who have lost their jobs, I am not going to mope around lamenting the damaging of my fragile male ego! We are a partnership where what is good for the whole is good for the parts!

Glad you're covering this topic, although the title is unnecessarily demeaning.

Mr. Traister was right to say that the lowering of men's wages are a deeper trend that fits into the larger explanation of shifting structural economics on a global scale. As he mentioned, traditionally male-oriented, blue collar jobs have been leaving the USA (deindustrialization) for low wage countries since the 1970s, accelerating over the past 15 or so after the inception of the internet, increasing use of high tech for productivity gains, and the enactment of free trade deals.

In its place are the rise in service, financial, and "pink collar" (female-oriented jobs) employment. As blue collar men still aren't getting post-secondary educations en masse, women have been getting these degrees and filling the jobs of the new U.S. economy, leaving less educated men behind.

In the end these are major structural changes (globalization) that have been studied by the social sciences for decades, all of which effects people at home and in their lives.

"Glocalization" (global affecting local and vice versa) ain't just a buzzword, it's real life. I think this deserves a attention by NPR shows. Thanks for at least beginning to head down that path.

If the concern is simply that women are now making more than men, why does this have to mean that men have failed? I find it incredibly irritating that just as we women are catching up, we're at the same time being told to put on the brakes to keep our male counterparts from feeling "equivalent" rather than "superior." I also find it irritating that it is assumed a female driven power dynamic is necessarily going to work the same way as the old male power dynamic, resulting in the subjugation of men. Yes, there is an amazing shift in the male-female income and power dynamic, but this doesn't mean that men are failing because women are succeeding. Instead, it likely means that we have the opportunity to begin including men in areas that have been traditionally female-dominated (e.g. children, taking care of the home, care giving) and can foster stronger family ties and a workplace that reflects the views of both men AND women. This is not a bad thing.

I work in the private sector and make twice as much as my husband, a teacher, and he's thrilled. He says he's glad I can keep him in the style to which he's become accustomed! Not every guy has ego issues over salary...

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.

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.

The masses think of this economic turn down as cyclical, but read between the lines of prominent economist’s statements such as “many of these laid off people will never work again”, etc… Statements such as these tell the tale that this is not the normal cyclical turn down, but a permanent readjustment to a lower standard of living for the masses…..Of course the government is not going to say this truth; panic will only make it worse. They prefer the tried and true method of the “frog in the pot of warm water approach” a little at a time. But you do not have to take my word, you can experience it first hand.

I think we live in a society that is more willing to have women in lower positions than a man, just look at the Wal-Mart court case mentioned on the show last week. How many high powered female bank CEOs do you see as opposed to female bank tellers?

As a woman, I take offense to the terminology 'failed male'. Why would a man who makes less than his female peer be a failure? After all, we wouldn't consider a woman a failure for making less than a man. To me, a failure is someone who doesn't try to achieve their dreams. Success and failure have nothing to do with how much money you make.