The Wage Gap Does Not Exist Pt 2: Story Time!

Jack is an engineer. Jill is an engineer. They both have the same job.

Neither of them get paid the same. What! PATRIARCHY!

No, not patriarchy. Fairness.

The 77 cent wage gap myth was perpetuated by the media and our government using numbers, albeit correct, that did not accurately reflect the rates in which men and women get paid for doing the same job. The survey taken by the dept. of labor asked men and women in the same field how much they got paid.... and that was it.

What was not taken into account was education, seniority, time worked, etc.

Men on average work 41 hour a week to women's 35 hours a week. This is depicted below in "time taken off work"

Note the non-bias census that was taken: mothers AND fathers. Not just stay at home moms and bachelors which would grossly skew the data. Based on this, one can postulate:

Jack works 43 hours a week on average at his engineering job. Jill works roughly 38 on average. Not only this, Jack holds a Masters degree, where Jill holds a Bachelors.

Let's consider other factors: Jack has been at the company 10 years. Jill just started last year. 

Now, does the fact that Jack gets paid more than Jill offend you? This is what was NOT considered in taking the "Wage Gap" census. None of these factors were considered. When you do finally take this into account, and realize more men hold higher degrees than women (on average), the wage gap starts to, simply, not exist.