This article is in support of "pay equity" being applied to all sectors of the economy. As many have noted, it is the type of job, some male dominated (e.g., miner) and others female dominated (e.g., retails sales clerk), that accounts for a significant part of the wage difference.    When the public sector unions attacked this issue, they came up with something they called "pay equity", which does not mean the same pay for a job, whether performed by a male or a female.  Instead, pay equity involves bureaucrats and consultants scoring jobs on a point scale (a completely arbitrary and unscientific process).  If they conclude, as they typically do, that the points for a female-dominated job are the same as the points they assign to a male-dominated job,  then the pay is the same - a receptionist can be paid the same as an electrician in the public sector.  And salaries can only increase under pay equity - the salary of the receptionist is raised to that of the electrician.