Which Part of a Woman is 23% less than a Man?

[Major Nikon]

101. I don't really see how anything you posted is relevant to what I posted

It sounds more like you got on your soapbox in hopes I would disagree with your random thoughts so you could continue to post more tangential information.

The point which you conveniently and completely ignored was that far more progressive countries have the exact same gender pay disparities (if not worse) which provides a pretty good case that choice has far more to do with the disparity than discrimination. The idea that women in Nordic countries are "pressured" more than they are here is completely ridiculous. Gender equity in Scandinavian countries is far more stringent and has been enforced far more relentlessly than here for decades. So why not after decades of these policies are Scandinavian countries not head and shoulders above the US on gender pay disparity? Citing historical similarities only gets you so far. The reality you ignore is they have more choices, and more choices translates into more pay disparity pretty much universally or at least causes it not to change as the historical "phenomenon" moves the other direction. Rather than respecting those choices, you go marching off tilting at windmills. Not everyone wants a career. Some men and more often women choose to devote more time to family which is completely understandable if not admirable. Equal opportunity does not always mean equal outcomes.