Gender pay gap

[Kinser79]

(05-17-2016, 10:33 AM)Bronco80 Wrote: Replying to some points made in this thread, starting here...

http://generational-theory.com/forum/thr...tml#pid650

...when people protest about this pay gap, it's not just about one particular number alleging that men regularly get paid more dollars than women.  It's a shorthand for a wide array of factors that make it more difficult for women to advance their professional careers.  One of the bigger ones I can think of is that there's still a lot of pressure for women to leave their jobs after they give birth to children while men pursue the traditional breadwinner role.  The more women you have out of the workforce or at significantly reduced hours, the less pay they're going to receive in the aggregate.  Much of the advocacy regarding this pay gap isn't just about money but also for equal opportunity and duties in both the workforce and in the household.

You are aware that women can choose to not have children right? You are aware that females have more and better contraceptive options than men, right? You are aware that even should those options fail that women are in complete control of the unborn one until it is in fact born, right?

Or do you deny that women have personal agency too?

The problem is the myth that "you can have it all, a career and a family". When one undertakes having a family sacrifices to career often have to be made.