Identity Politics

[bennyboy]

The gender wage gap has been explained to death, and it's still brought up as relevant. Men. Work. Longer. Hours.

Bullshit. The wage gap is measured in hourly pay.  And ever hour worked over 48 in a week isva wasted hour anyway, you're getting paid for working at a low level.

I call bullshit on bullshit.
The wage gap is not normalized to control important factors-- career resets due to having a child, for example, or for the much longer hours some men work, and also for choosing careers which pay dividends other than pure $$$.
The latter is pretty important.  Ask how HAPPY men are in their jobs relative to women, at any salary amount, and I think you'll find that women overall report greater job satisfaction.  It fucking sucks being a man, and having to bring in money-- it's not a privilege, a joy, or a pleasure.
But for at least some women, working is an option.  It's an act of freedom-- rebooting a missed career, or finding something more interesting than making sandwiches for your teenagers.

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The gender wage gap has been explained to death, and it's still brought up as relevant. Men. Work. Longer. Hours.

What do you have to support your position?

Multitudes of academic studies disagree with you. It's relevant as fuck, and it remains a problem (albeit somewhat improving).

Appeal to numbers doesn't mean much, unless you can say exactly what the studies are examining.  If you're looking for a pay gap, it's there.  If you are looking to really explain the pay gap, there are some very clear contributors which have nothing to do with unfair pay for the same work.  Let's hear a woman explain it in terms simple enough for anyone to understand.