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  I'm not OP but I'm curious about this.  
  If I say society should not be taking steps to alleviate the decisions that women make in their life, you call them a 'burden' in some spots but you call them choices in other spots.
  If I did say that, was your point going to be we should be?
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  How do you think people are trying to change the gap? Because almost all of the initiatives that I've heard of stem (bu dum tss) from encouraging women to pursue more lucrative careers >
  
  First, some policy proponents demand a market-wide change of the valuation of different types of work, which I don't find realistic. The reason tech pays well is because it scales well. Social doesn't scale.
  Second, that's not the only argument I heard. I also heard the allegation that jobs are paid inversely proportional to the number of women in them, and that that needs to change. I can cite articles if you like, but that seems to be a pretty popular view. >
  
  I’m trying to understand what exactly what the assertion “the part of the gender pay gap that results from women and men being in different occupations should bot be closed” means, exactly.
  On the surface it sounds a bit like “different jobs can and should pay differently” which unless you are the most rabid of socialists is pretty clearly true.
  What about the factors that cause men and women to make occupational choices?
  Like women tend to choose jobs that are traditionally dominated by women, and ones that are extra forgiving of long absences and/or can flip to part time / reduced hours - all of which is highly correlated to childbirth and nursing of infants.
  Should we as a society be taking any step to alleviate and share that burden?
  The same question goes for different levels.
  The job pay gap mostly goes away at same level - but what we tend to see is women being and seeking promotion less or transitioning out of the workforce in their late 20’s.  Often for the same childcare related reason.
  Should we do anything here or not?