<p>What other factors were taken into consideration? Many a time, women’s earnings come out to be lower than that of a man due to the fact that she took time off to start and care for the family. My friend’s mom, for example, took time off to take care of the family and it took her five years to find a suitable job (she didn’t want to work hourly jobs, etc.) and obviously, her income during her lifetime would be lower than her husband’s. </p>
<p>I don’t mean to be overly argumentative or anything, but I’m not sure if there’s anything to do about it shy of forbidding women to not have kids and to work.</p>