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2023-06-14 18:20:55 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

Comparing men vs women salaries without adjusting for career choices, hours worked, industries, and other live choices is considered misleading by most fact checkers. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2015/04/02/the-equal-pay-day-factoid-that-women-make-78-cents-for-every-dollar-earned-by-men/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2023/03/14/equal-pay-day-myth-truth-income-women/11464213002/

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• Comparing men vs women salaries without adjusting for career choices, hours worked, industries, and other live choices is considered misleading by most fact checkers. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2015/04/02/the-equal-pay-day-factoid-that-women-make-78-cents-for-every-dollar-earned-by-men/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2023/03/14/equal-pay-day-myth-truth-income-women/11464213002/