re: If the Wage Gap Exists, Why Do Companies Hire Men?

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I can't prove it, but suspect much of the U.S.'s current social problems can be traced back to that time.

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well most of our social problems are a lot better now than in the 70s and certainly the 80s

but back to the divide. no matter what, women will have to invest a lot more in child rearing than men. that's just basic biology and there is nothing we can do about it. about the only thing that can sort of level the playing field is to allow both sexes long maternity leave, so that fathers can hurt their career around the same amount as females (which still leaves open the gap for men and women who don't have kids to race ahead of them). this is why you see the push for national maternity leave and paternity leave along with it (especially in the liberal media)

the other issue is more suspect but something i believe. women have slightly higher IQs on average but fewer outliers. men have slightly lower IQs on average but many more extremes. that means we have more brilliance and more stupidity. add that to male risk taking (which is biological and evolutionary) and we'll have those extreme successes (and more extreme failures as well)