The women vs men salary statistic is nonsense if anyone just bothered to look at the hard data.

And there’s actually a super simple litmus test:

Are companies interested in making more money or not? If it were actually true that women of the exact same competence and skill level were getting paid 20% less than the men in their field for the exact same quality and amount of work, it would be the business opportunity OF A LIFETIME.

The typical margins for a business are tiny. Low single digits is the norm across the board. All any business would have to do is hire all women, could literally offer them all 5% or even 10% above market that they would get at any other company, and bam, that company just got 200-400% profit increase.

If such a disparity actually existed and it wasn’t because women choose different jobs, are interested in different things, or even work less hours (the stat that gets thrown around literally doesn’t even account for hours worked, it’s profound political bullshit, with respect), it would be gone in a matter of weeks, simply because it would be the greatest economic opportunity that exists in the economy today.

Sorry, but you’ve been misled by politicians who want power and they are just using our ignorance to get it.