The idea that I may be doing the same job as a man and get paid less for it is outrageous.  But these gender gap figures are not really talking about the same jobs - they're talking about overall pay differences between how much men earn versus women in the workforce.  So the man might be an engineer and the woman a cashier, yes their pay scales would be very different.  But they're doing different jobs, and I would expect them to be paid differently.  

Thus most of this gender gap analysis for me is pretty bogus.  I do believe that in some jobs where men and women are doing the same work, women are discriminated against and paid less. Those should be investigated.  But the sweeping denunciation here does nothing for women who really are being dinged in the workforce.  Another example of skewed truth in the media - even if you can't call it a 'false fact'.