Well firstly, in some professions that gap varies – some professions allow a woman to make 70 cents per a man’s dollar, others 90 cents per a man’s dollar. I read this gets further complicated by race with Hispanic women making as little as 58 cents per a man’s dollar in some jobs. Why? Archaic policy and thinking plus BS people will give you about how a woman isn’t a good a bet as a man since she might have a baby and then demand to care for that baby sometimes and a man clearly doesn’t give a shit about having babies or parenting…riiight. Personally, I am disgusted to even describe this pattern to my children without giving a good explanation as to why such backward ideas are still around. Finally, this is a very clear reason why anyone saying they aren’t feminists when wanting equal pay all the same are delusional and they are feminists no matter how much you want to hate the term.