Re: If an employer could pay women less...

I think you are making the case for merit based pay/promotion. If a woman is less productive, then she should be paid less. Same with a man. If a woman wants to prioritize family/births, then she should be able to do so and then re-enter the workforce later on, however, it SHOULD be taken into account her knowledge/skill gap (as with all hiring managers when they question anyone's gap from the workforce), and reduced years of experience as compared to coworkers who did not take a break. She should be required to start from where she left off due to her choice. So I only agree to same work, same pay. I worked at a sweatshop type office once, where long hours late into the night were required as well as not being one minute late the next morning. conveniently, the only woman, who was similarly skilled as the men, had a pass to leave right at 5pm "to pick up her kids". Was she required to come back to the office, or even work from home? Nope! So I DO get when there are double standards and those who want to exploit "female issues" in order to not put in the same effort as men are required to. For this, I think woman who use these "cheat codes" should be paid less or not promoted the same as others who DO put in the work. That being said, overworking employees with minimal production is foolish. This previous company suffered high turn over and eventually folded due to mismanagement.