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by Lawtonfogle 3879 days ago
I'm saying those aren't accounted for, and as such the gender wage gap (which is taken to mean the differences in wages caused by modern day sexism, and not just a difference in the pay of the average man vs. the average woman ignoring all factors) does not exist.

>Do you know what confirmation bias is?

Thinking that because a small list of factors account for ~70% of the gap that the rest of it must be sexism.

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Read the research - they are accounted for.

CONSAD, Pew, and the U.S. Dept. of Labor have provided strong statistical evidence from research that the 4.5-7 percent gender wage gap exists. Your fixation on accounted-for factors and unwillingness to accept the facts is textbook confirmation bias.