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Wage disparity is a myth.
What the oft-touted stats never include is the explanation that men work longer hours, and take less sick days and annual leave than women. Also, that men are more often employed in the private sector, that pays higher wages than for their counterparts in the civil sector. The more well paid, higher risk occupations are also subscribed far more heavily by men. Add to that, the fact that local government (which is overwhelmingly female dominated) also pays less.
These are choices that women make. Not punitive restraints, cruelly imposed upon them. But don't expect the feminist quarter to go revealing such things.
What the oft-touted stats never include is the explanation that men work longer hours, and take less sick days and annual leave than women. Also, that men are more often employed in the private sector, that pays higher wages than for their counterparts in the civil sector. The more well paid, higher risk occupations are also subscribed far more heavily by men. Add to that, the fact that local government (which is overwhelmingly female dominated) also pays less.
These are choices that women make. Not punitive restraints, cruelly imposed upon them. But don't expect the feminist quarter to go revealing such things.