I think the gender income inequality issue isn't always well understood or fairly presented. Both of my married sisters are better educated and earn higher incomes than do their husbands. One in fact earns about twice as much as does her husband and when she was climbing the career ladder her husband took on a lot of the housework and childcare responsibilities. As unskilled and many forms of physical work have been downgraded in value over the past generation, the gap between male and female incomes has narrowed. My guess is that much of the remaining gap is in large measure a legacy of previous generations where middle-aged and older men who are still in the workforce today routinely earned more and climbed the career ladder faster than did their female counterparts. It might be more informative to see statistics applicable only to those in the workforce today who are under 40 years of age.