content.usatoday.com — Briefcase or baby, or both? Availability of men may partly drive women's career choices, a social science study suggests. "Although men continue to fill more of the highest paying jobs in Western society, women also pursue careers that offer high pay but require high levels of time and investment," notes a study in the current Journal of Personality and Social Psychology , by a team led by Kristina Durante of the University of Texas at San Antonio.