There is no pay gap. If women were doing the same work then they would be getting the same money. We have had those laws since 1968.
What there is is an earnings gap. Men do more work, better work, harder work and dirtier work. That means they earn more.
And this has been adjusted by creating lots of non-productive high-status jobs for women who are good at filling out worksheets and following rules, and then kneecapping men at every stage from birth to death.
Well, guess what? You've achieved equality of outcome. There aren’t many men to “date up” to. Those who have somehow overcome the constant kneecapping have so many options that women who want them have to wait in the bullpen for their turn.
And then women wonder why men aren’t “loyal” and “honest”
It’s because you’re all dating the same guy, dummy, and it happened because you used the power of government to transfer wealth from White men to women.