The gender pay gap has been proven to be a furphy, based on the career choices, hourly rates and time spent out of the workforce that women have. Let's compare apples with apples now.

That's why there are few male teachers and even fewer male childcare workers / nurses...because childcare wages are so bad, and who would be a male teacher (or male childcare worker) nowadays, when any unfounded accusation can end your career ? No thanks.

In State / Federal Government, everyone gets a classification and that's what you're paid at, regardless of gender. However, thanks to affirmative action "diversity" and "equality" policies, the days of being promoted on merit are gone and if you're a white male, you've got very little chance of being promoted (esp. in Education or Human Services) compared to your female colleagues.

In one department, they need to have a minimum of 50% women interview candidates, otherwise, they don't hold an interview. So if you have three men and one woman go for the job (because that's all you have), they won't hold an interview. How does THAT help anyone, male or female ?!

For example, women are more likely to be childcare / retail workers, whereas men are more likely to go into jobs like construction, physically hard trades (building) and mining, where the big dollars are, but also, are the more dangerous occupations in terms of workplace injuries (esp. chronic ones for trades...ever seen a concreter or a plasterer in their 50s ? Their shoulders and knees are done).

If there really was a pay gap, then why, with all the advantages afforded to them, do women settle for it ? Because I can tell you this - a man wouldn't.

P.S. I don't particularly care if my wife earned more than me, we're all on the same side and the same family the last time I looked.

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