[onnoonno]

FTA:

> But the argument that “life choices” made by women are the real reason behind the gap is, in itself, an absurd oversimplification. Sure, many women choose to stay home or cut back their hours after having children. But many others don’t opt out. They’re forced out because they cannot afford child care, or find a full-time job that affords them any kind of flexibility.

There is no reason to believe that lack of flexibility or not being able to afford day care wouldn't hit men in the same way, too.

The people who call it a myth show that the gap disappears as soon as you control for these variables. Actually, the gap disappears to a large degree by looking at actual hours worked instead of just the yearly salary of jobs with the same description.

[cassieramen]

There is strong reason to believe the lack of flexibility would hit women much stronger than men.

Census that shows 82.6% of custodial single parents are female in the United States. http://www.census.gov/prod/2009pubs/p60-237.pdf

Article summarizing studies that show that even in marriages that attempt to be egalitarian both spouses agree the female ends up taking on more of the household responsibilities. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/31/upshot/millennial-men-find...

[onnoonno]

Well, but then that simply is a choice, isn't it?

I would not expect to be paid in full if I work part-time - why should that be true if I would be a woman?

[civilian]

So--- we should both encourage flexibility in jobs. But we should also encourage a more equal split in custody. If 82.6% of custodial single parents are female, we're doing something wrong.