Hmmm. Maybe the girls have got a point. Turns out married men make more cash:

"While other forms of discrimination dominate headlines--those relating to gender, race, and religion--unmarried people are often victims themselves. They may not get jobs at 'family-oriented' companies. Or, they get the job, but are asked to do more work because colleagues with spouses and/or children aren't expected to work long hours. The married parent, of course, can always say they have to go home and take care of the kids. What can a single person say? "I just can't miss those Friends reruns" doesn't sound too good to the boss.

The Loneliest Number

It goes beyond longer hours, of course. Single people actually make less money, experts say, because employers decide that they don't need as much to support a household. Although statistics on this kind of discrimination are rare, a recent Purdue University study found that unmarried men in general make 14.1 percent less than their married counterparts".

Perhaps the Proclaimers had something...