The Gender Wage Gap is Proof That Numbers Do Lie

The wage gap was bad. COVID made it worse.

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Back in 2019, women were only making $0.82 for every dollar than a man makes. Recently published data shows that for 2020, that amount went up to $0.83 per dollar. (Table A-7, for anyone who is interested)

Let me clear, gender parity should never have been an actual thing in the first…