I think we need to talk about the hatred of women.

[lumberjack_jeff]

94. Like the arguments against global warming? Yes, but not like you mean.

It is the deniers who express annoyance over the profusion of facts. That's why Gore called his book "an inconvenient truth".

Why 23%?

The total income made by women (let's subtract Oprah's $280 million because it doesn't fit the narrative) is about half of what men make.
But wait, most people are women, but women are a minority of the workforce so that drives the average down. Okay we'll correct for that.
And one third of working women choose to work part time. Okay, we'll correct for that too.
So comparing "full time" average earnings of men to "full time" average earnings for women yields a 23% gap.

Now, in order to not be considered a misogynist, one must stop there.

One cannot mention or correct for the facts that women full time workers work fewer overtime hours, choose lower paying occupations and due to years out of the workforce, have less experience than a male of the same age. These are all the easily quantifiable factors, which if one is willing to be considered a misogynist, brings the gap to 5%.

The definitions being used in this thread for the terms "sexist" and "misogynist" render the terms at worst benign and meaningless. At best, your definition of sexist is necessary to exercise simple intellectual honesty.