Wage gap is real because of women life choices and pregnacy (sometimes cant control) Opinions ?

Question

Wage gap is real because of women life choices and lack of negotiating skill. Not because companies purposely pay women less(They try to pay everybody less). A company looks after itself first like u should look after yourself first. If your trying to get a job u should look for what u should be earning based on exper, degree,and location; if you dont and accept less it's your fault(men or women).Also most men seem to be more comfortable with the negotiating process than most women and negotiating is a HUGE. Also people get paid want they are worth. Not all men are giving the same salary. Not all women are giving the same salary. Later if your important to the company and you re-negotiate u will usually get your money right. If so many companies did ALL women wrong by purposely paying women lower, they should be sued dont say it would cost alot cause you would get a fortune when u will win cause your so sure your purposely underpaid.Why cant the media/women understand this? Opinions?

Answer 1

There are many reasons for the wage gap. Part of it is due to women leaving the workforce to have and raise children. Part is due to women entering fields that don't pay as much. Part is due to the fact that women don't always negotiate as strongly as men do: men will ask for what they want while women will ask for what they think they can get. All this is true. But part is also due to sexism. If a man and a woman have been doing the same job for the same amount of time with the same amount of skill, they should be paid the same; that doesn't always happen.