The "Wage Gap"

Look folks, if you want to explain the "wage gap", just look at the jobs that are filled with a majority of men.

Steelworkers.

Plumbers.

Electricians.

Roofers.

Carpenters.

So on and so forth.

If you take a good look at those jobs, what do they all have in common?  They take a huge amount of physical labor to do, and they all tend to carry risks of some sort to life and limb.  Thus, they pay more.  Look at any job that has those qualifications, and you'll find a job that is done primarily by men.  And, since they are so physically demanding and carry such risk, you're going to pay those people quite a bit more than you will someone who's job requires them to sit in an office all day, or a job that doesn't risk cutting off various body parts if you get careless.

Sometimes it really is that simple.