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> There's no discrimination.

Or rather that the discrimination is cultural and leads to life choices that make the wage gap structural.

For example: We live in a culture that devalues young girls who excel in math, leading to lower achievement in this area[1]. By the time they go to college they choose differently than men and "work in different industries"

[1] http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/2096370?uid=3739856&ui... for one example



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