This provides some interesting perspective in wage gaps:
<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;freakonomics.com&#x2F;podcast&#x2F;the-true-story-of-the-gender-pay-gap-a-new-freakonomics-radio-podcast&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;freakonomics.com&#x2F;podcast&#x2F;the-true-story-of-the-gender...</a><p>The TLDR is the strongest correlating parameter that affects wage gap is child-rearing but not necessarily gender.  Given a woman doesn&#x27;t step out of the work force to raise a child, she should expect to have relatively equal pay to a man.  That said society constantly pressures women to be the child-rearing gender in a hetero sexual relationship.