Seems people are digging into your comment in a way that's going off topic. I think you make a good point; we shouldn't fight that pay reflects time/effort put

Seems people are digging into your comment in a way that's going off topic. I think you make a good point; we shouldn't fight that pay reflects time/effort put in. But I think that when we 'engineer' society, we want to make sure we make it as easy as possible for people to make the decision between work or other endeavors. There's nothing we can do to get around that women give birth and men don't, but we can at least afford them both the same generous paternity leave. And on the other hand, the more we empower women to have educated careers, the less men will feel pressured to make as much money as possible just to support their family.