the gap is, indeed, linked to sex women earn less than men many factors this article a much more complicated issue Equal Pay Day two-thirds ThinkProgress How We Know Women Make Less Than Men women are still earning 22% less than men ThinkProgress pushes back pushes back average is about 77 cents) 40 percent average is about 77 cents) ongoing gender wage gap average is about 77 cents) http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2014/04...-gap-myth/ many factors beyond a single statistic virtually every job women are still earning 22% less than men pay discrimination in almost every field can’t be explained away women earn less than men something that’s painfully easy to disprove http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2014/04...-gap-myth/ “myth” women are still earning 22% less than men virtually every job virtually every job ThinkProgress ThinkProgress discrimination women economists Francine Blau and Lawrence Kahn