The source is kind of hard to read, but it's there.
The gender wage gap is a myth and has always been a myth. It is illegal to pay women less than men.
The statistic stems from men choosing to work jobs that simply pay more, and women choosing jobs that pay less. Job occupation and college degree was not taken into account when this statistic (the 77 cent gap) was made up.
Refer to the graph above. As you can see, relating to the line showing how many women are in the related field, the pay numbers orient themselves to match.. Notice how, in the engineering field, there is a large percent more men than women.
Why are there less women in the above fields? personal preference and nothing more. There is nothing barring women from studying a selected field. Just as there are less men in the fashion industry, there are less women in tech jobs.
Also depicted above is the graph showing work interruptions (especially when it comes to family). Women have a significant amount of hours (almost double) worked less than men/fathers. If a gender wage gap existed, it's not hard to see why. Women are caregivers. it's instilled in their DNA and root deep within us to the dawn of man. That isn't culture, it's biology. Why would an employer pay a woman maternity leave when child rearing is (and always will be) a choice? That is called "female privilege".
Going back to college degree:
Notice how the least paying majors are predominately women. This is not because they are for women, but because that is the pay for that specific job. It happens to be dominated by women because women choose (more often than not) non-tech related jobs and jobs that do not require long, dedicated hours, high risk jobs, jobs that could potentially lead to death and dismemberment, etc.
If this hasn't woke you, here are some links
http://billmoyers.com/2014/04/08/debunking-the-myth-of-a-mythical-gender-pay-gap/
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/02/01/no-women-don-t-make-less-money-than-men.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/christina-hoff-sommers/wage-gap_b_2073804.html



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