[ip26]

Equality would be “young women earn the same as young men”.

Unless you are banking on some cities favoring women while others favor men long term.

[emerged]

Which begs the question, why not bank on the current reality where some jobs favor women and some favor men, due to conscious personal choices made by those men and women?

[ip26]

To be fair, true preference (with true equality of opportunity) is hard to measure.