[delazeur]

There's a lot more to sexism (and other bigotry) than simple economics.

Presumably, we have all had coworkers who weren't great workers, weren't very bright, etc., but managed to get ahead by schmoozing and playing politics. Their brighter and harder-working colleagues who didn't play that game didn't progress up the ladder as quickly. Bigotry presents a similar issue, but on an even larger scale.

[skookumchuck]

Women lawyers can get together and start their own law firms. The same goes for any lawyer who is convinced he/she is unfairly underpaid.

[delazeur]

You clearly don't have experience in law firms. White shoe Wall Street lawyers, for example, generally can't just hang their own shingle and do corporate M&A as a solo practitioner.

[skookumchuck]

Law firms get started somehow. None spontaneously appeared. Besides, what better way to prove one's worth than start a competitor and kick the former employer's behind?

[delazeur]

Thanks for confirming that you don't have experience in law firms.

[stevenwoo]

Maybe they think Better Call Saul is a documentary.

[skookumchuck]

Doesn't seem impossible to me:

http://info.legalzoom.com/can-lawyer-sole-proprietorship-248...

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/gpsolo/resources/solosez/...

That last link is the American Bar Association explaining how to do it.

(Experience in law firms may actually work against you there. In big companies I've worked for, none of the people working there had any idea how to start their own business, and would try to convince others it was impossible.)