What Stands in the Way for Equal Pay for Women?

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6. It should be pointed out that the "progress" is due to the fact

that as union jobs in manufacturing were shipped out of this country, the average wages of white males fell by a lot. Our wages rose only relative to that. We're still just cheaper pairs of hands, disparaged because the onus of childcare falls on us, husbands aren't expected to leave their work for half a day to care for a sick child who was sent home from school, the idea's preposterous to males.

Mothers get "mommy tracked" into lower paying areas. Fathers get "daddy tracked" into higher paying areas, but average wages for men have still fallen enough to give women the illusion of progress.

Women haven't gained ground as much as men have lost ground.