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The handwaving is "lifestyle choices" make the gap closer than it's been documented elsewhere and is now "95-99%" vs. say 85%. Even at that rate it is not negl

• giantg2 3y ago
  "Does that clear it up for you or are you still beating your wife?" Please abide by the HN rules or leave. There are two separate rates and have been for a long time. Those rates are non-adjusted (in the 80)s and adjusted (95%+). Of one actually reads the BLS reports, you will find both. They are indicative of separate issues. The adjusted number measures fairness of pay. The unadjusted number measures essentially vocational distribution/choice. Many politicians misrepresent the unadjusted number and its meaning, including presidents in SOTU addresses, to evoke the kind of emotional response that you are displaying right now. All while their proposals will do little to nothing to close the unadjusted number (their proposals focus on pay fairness which is a much smaller number). Yes, 5% is significant. If you have suggestions for how to address either of the numbers, that would be great since that's what I asked for in the first place. Perhaps some of those things can even help me - people with my disability face a 30% (unadjusted) detriment to earnings.