Reply #118: we have not established that they do [View All]

Even if I concede that they do, it is not evidence of a wage gap.

Anecdotally, I will say that all five of the women in my family, my mom, my three sisters, and my sister-in-law have given up their careers either in order to take care of their kids or because the advancement of their husband's career required a move. He moves to take a promotion, she moves to stay with the family and is required to start over.

Not that Charlotte (Gilman) would do that, but they are making their own choices and compromises, and it is not some vast male conspiracy where employers say "I get to pay women 2nd class wages". Still, I have never believed in a "career ueber alles" philosophy, nor the "money ueber alles" philosophy it seems to be based on.