The gender pay gap is one of the biggest bullshit stories in the history of modern feminism. From a 2020 interview with author Collin Farrell: >“The pay gap is not about men versus women, it’s about dads versus moms,” the author explained. “When you compare never-married women who have never had children to never-married men who have never had children, the never-married women earn 17 percent more than the never-married men do. When men know they’re not going to have children, they put effort into things that are more fulfilling, and in general, the more fulfilling an occupation is, the less it pays.” Also, from the 2019 Harvard study titled " Why Do Women Earn Less Than Men? Evidence from Bus and Train Operators": >Women value time and flexibility more than men.” Men worked 83% more overtime hours than women. They accepted twice as many last minute overtime shifts. And they worked more higher-paying nights, weekends, and holidays. Women took twice as much unpaid family leave. The authors note, “Since the operators at the MBTA are selected for their ability to work 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, it is likely that our estimate of the role of choice in the nationwide gender earnings gap is a lower bound.”