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Originally Posted by Toaster126
I'm surprised of all the posts in here you got anger from mine, but that's not what I intended. I was just pointing out there are actual reasons women make less than men, and it isn't because they are women. It's because of the workplace choices they make. On an individual basis, you can't find good data to support differently. Or at least, I can't. Once you get the whole group, you can definitely see where certain choices women on the average make could and should make them recieve less money.
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Actually, it IS because they are women.
First, there's maternity leave, generally 2-4 weeks prior to delivery, 6 weeks after. So right there, you're talking 8 weeks less per year in the workforce. While parenthood is, ideally a choice, it isn't always.
Single parenthood: A disproportionate amount of single parents are women. This isn't always a choice and the jobs they take to support their families is not always an optimum choice as well and many take two or more lower paying jobs due to their personal economics and situations.