Do you think the "gender pay gap" is real?

@AccountVacated thanks for looking that up and sharing. The author is speaking of things they presented to a group of women-only students at Harvard and there's the 1st thing to consider... Harvard THIS year boasts only about 1-2% fewer women than men. BUT in previous years, like 5 years ago it was more like 40% female and the author is speaking to a senior audience, so in their admission year women were almost 10% less likely to go to Harvard, while Harvard admissions only slightly affects job GETTING in average professions it greatly affects getting a position in the top paying firms. And even in average positions it affects advancement significantly -- I suspect that this same author is not speaking to a crowd of senior-class females at my alma mater, ODU, which typically has a slightly higher male freshman admission rate, but is higher on female attendance overall.
so @ragdoll even with this simple overview of that PART of the consideration in the statistical overlay hopefully you can see it's a very complex issue in the United States.