I think the issue is the inconsistency, or possible double standard, with considering this gap "okay" but similar gaps "not okay" if the genders are reversed.

I think the issue is the inconsistency, or possible double standard, with considering this gap "okay" but similar gaps "not okay" if the genders are reversed. I'm for equal opportunities (and upbringing and social environment to encourage use of those opportunities) for both genders. I hope others who share that view will be consistent in their application of it. For example, if as a result of the education imbalance, some day in the future the pay gap is such that men earn 70 cents on the dollar to what women make, are the same people who say "that's not okay" if it's true about women going to say "that's okay" when it's about men? My anecdotal experience leads me to think that might happen.