Irish Times opinion piece: “‘Gender pay gap’ agenda a pointless contrivance that ignores the reality of women like me”.

Most of it comes from a trad housewife perspective. Here is main section about the gender pay gap:

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The “gender pay gap” is a made-up, completely pointless, and downright misleading datum. It is supposed to highlight disparities between what women are paid and what men are paid. In reality, it ignores the fact that it has been illegal since 1975 to pay women and men a different wage for the same job. The ludicrous Gender Pay Gap Information Act 2021 requires employers to report on matters such as “the difference between the mean hourly remuneration of employees of the male gender and that of employees of the female gender” and, if there is a discrepancy, to explain what is being done to fix it.

What the statistics will not tell you is what positions are being filled by men and which by women.

The gender pay gap not only fails to reveal but also disguises the fact that women and men are not doing the same jobs and are not working the same hours. In general, men work longer hours and take fewer career breaks than women, more of whom work part-time. The 2021 Act sees this as a problem to be fixed, not as an expression of preference by women who can be trusted to decide for themselves what is best for them and their families.