It depends who's making the argument! I've generally found people on HN to be sensitive to the nuance, but over on reddit - where the level of discourse is low

It depends who's making the argument! I've generally found people on HN to be sensitive to the nuance, but over on reddit - where the level of discourse is lower but perhaps more reflective of everyday conversation - things are very different. Some use the choice explanation to dismiss the finding as not problematic, or to push the blame onto women. Some recent examples after a quick search: https://www.reddit.com/r/ukpolitics/comments/aujkwr/_/eh9n9rj https://www.reddit.com/r/ukpolitics/comments/aujkwr/_/eh9n9r... > The gender pay gap might not be a problem and it could just be the result of the choices of both men and women https://www.reddit.com/r/ukpolitics/comments/ac8u6p/_/ed64p8d https://www.reddit.com/r/ukpolitics/comments/ac8u6p/_/ed64p8... > The gender pay gap has been debunked, can we move on already https://www.reddit.com/r/ukpolitics/comments/acc3tv/_/ed6tw7h https://www.reddit.com/r/ukpolitics/comments/acc3tv/_/ed6tw7... > Do people still believe in the gender pay gap? Is is still being pushed as “women getting paid less because they are women”? https://www.reddit.com/r/ukpolitics/comments/acgxxn/_/ed7vbj0 https://www.reddit.com/r/ukpolitics/comments/acgxxn/_/ed7vbj... > It’s almost as stupid as the gender pay gap day