re: Gender gap question re:GOP strategy

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Given this, and given the agenda-driven narrative from the left that women are at a respective disadvantage, why don't GOP legislators introduce and pass a bill mandating equal pay for equal work?

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The reality is that even when men and women work the same job, men on average work more hours and take far fewer days off. Also, due to the responsibilities of child rearing, women typically have less experience on the job. Men often end up making more because they work more hours, take fewer days off, and typically have more experience.

What GOP lawmakers should do is flank the left by pushing for employers to offer at least a base level of paid parental leave time when a full time employee has a baby. Both fathers and mothers should be eligible, but with the caveat that fathers are only eligible if they are married to the mother.