The Gender Pay Gap Isn't Men vs. Women. It's Moms vs. Dads.

The Gender Pay Gap Isn't Men vs. Women. It's Moms vs. Dads.

If we truly honored womanhood and motherhood, the gender pay gap wouldn’t be seen in such a negative light. We hear the slogan constantly: “Close the gender pay gap!” The average person is told that women are paid less than men simply because they’re women, and that this is obvious proof of systemic unfairness. The number most often repeated in 2026 is 84 cents on the dollar . But that figure is created by adding every dollar earned by every man…