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Not good. For one, it's illegal to discriminate on the basis of race and gender. And second, contrary to what seems to men common belief, Asian and white people don't just have opportunities served up to them on a silver platter (in fact on the axis of gender, job opportunities have not only reached disparity but inverted: millennial and Gen Z women outperform their male counterparts). The academic job market could not be further from "innumerable additional opportunities."

This kind of comment serves as incredibly good ammunition for people looking to stir up racial resentment.

> in fact on the axis of gender, job opportunities have not only reached disparity but inverted: millennial and Gen Z women outperform their male counterparts

This is likely due to age. Things shift when women start having kids. What you observe is also true of childless women versus childless men of certain ages. It does not hold as broadly for women and men with children, in the same age range.

What the gp said is true.

What you're referring to is the ongoing wage gap (women paid less than men) due to having time out to have kids.

The point being, women aren't paid less than men for no reason, just that they take time out to have children, that interruption is what leads to the pay gap.

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