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Why Do People Still Believe the Myth of the Gender Wage Gap?

It isn't real. Average differences in salary between men in contrast to women are largely due to one over-riding factor: choice.
Men have different interests, due to the fact they're not like women. Men like things, women like people. Men gravitate to objects like cars, trains, planes and things that go BOOM! Women like to talk, gossip, socialise, and hence they'll wind up in careers in nursing, psychology and teaching. Men are far more analytical, and will gravitate to the (highly sought-after, and therefore highly-paid) STEM positions, and end up becoming a data analyst, statistician, or invent something that they can sell to Elon Musk.
Men have greater ambition, work longer hours, are far more willing to sacrifice their leisure time with family in order to make it to the top of the corporate ladder. Women take far more holidays, sick leave, and are FAR more likely to opt to work part-time rather than full-time.
It really is this simple. "Discrimination" has NOTHING to do with it!
I mean, come on, think about this. If it were true that women got, let's say, 77 cents for every dollar earned by a man to do the exact same job, don't you think employers would do all they could to get away with hiring only women?
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Strictmichael75 · 61-69, M
Women are underpaid compared to men in the same job
A reality
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@Strictmichael75 Which country, by the way? In some that would be illegal.

Though even there I expect there are still employers, especially so-called "black economy" ones, who bend or break any employment laws they think they can get away with.
Strictmichael75 · 61-69, M
@ArishMell I am in France and it’s a reality
20 to 30 % less
It happens everywhere
zonavar68 · 51-55, M
@Strictmichael75 Not in my industry. There are no gender-specific pay rates.
Strictmichael75 · 61-69, M
@zonavar68 Where are you?
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@zonavar68 I'm pleased to read it.

That was the same for my employer, in fact at one stage as it went through a couple of major ownership changes its "Chief Executive" was a Chartered Engineer who also happened to be a woman. The senior "Human Resources" manager was also female; two of my closer superiors were female mathematicians. All paid according to grade not sex.

(I put the titles in " " marks because I dislike intensely these pretentious "Chief.... Officer" type, titles for directors, and "human resources" for Personnel.)
zonavar68 · 51-55, M
@Strictmichael75 Australia. I work in the rail industry as a freight train driver (what folks in the USA call a 'train engineer').
Torsten · 36-40, M
@Strictmichael75 thats not a reality its you just blind to reality
Strictmichael75 · 61-69, M
@Torsten certainly not! I know of people in this situation so get your blinkers off
FormerAtheist · 26-30
@Strictmichael75
Women are underpaid compared to men in the same job
A reality
Really? Prove it.
FormerAtheist · 26-30
@ArishMell [quote/]Which country, by the way? In some that would be illegal.][/quote]
Exactly, and in Australia, where I live, it's been illegal since I think the early 1970's.
Strictmichael75 · 61-69, M
@FormerAtheist my wife was
My daughter is an executive and she is!