I think there is a tendency to look at outcomes like this and say that one gender is preferred by the workplace to another - e.g. the usual result, where women

I think there is a tendency to look at outcomes like this and say that one gender is preferred by the workplace to another - e.g. the usual result, where women are underpaid compared to men, is used to support the conclusion that women are discriminated against in the workforce. However, if you don't consider potentially confounding factors then these conclusions are probably unsupported.