&gt; The &quot;same job&quot; is a subjective distinction, so you can&#x27;t say it&#x27;s entirely false; it&#x27;s really a matter of opinion.<p>No, it&#x27;s not. Certainly there are some distinctions at the margins, as you note.<p>There are, however, some very clear distinctions. Women dominate elementary education, which I hope we can all agree is a very different job than programming (for example).<p>To reiterate, I don&#x27;t know whether these preferences are innate or learned. In fact, I suspect it&#x27;s the latter. But we shouldn&#x27;t ignore them_if women were in fact paid less for doing the exact same jobs, solution would actually be a lot easier.