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I thing we can agree that raising kids in SF is very expensive, and that there are more single moms than single fathers.

> women are paid less for the same work

Gender pay gap is generally accepted fact.

> more expenses because they are women, they have more expenses because of the choices they made)

Not sure I understand. Family is not really a choice. And choice/not choice is irrelevant in argument. Goal is to get more women into STEM, one can not forbid people to have a children.

>>jankot+(OP)
>>Gender pay gap is generally accepted fact.

Is it? I'm pretty sure it was debunked time after time after time, with studies basically finding that women work fewer hours(by choice) and even when presented with an opportunity to advance to a higher, more stressful position, they decline more often than men do. Women tend not to take the well paying, but risky jobs that men take, skewing the proportions further. On the other hand, men account for nearly all workplace deaths in the civilized world - but it looks like they are rewarded for taking those risks.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/karinagness/2016/04/12/dont-buy...

>> Family is not really a choice.

Having a choice whether to have or not have children is a generally accepted fact, at least in 1st world countries.

>>jankot+(OP)
It's definitely not fact. Men and women in the same exact position are paid the same with differences really coming down to negotiation for the salary rather than some scale based on gender.