The gender pay gap isn’t just about what she chose
Every discussion about the gender pay gap in medicine eventually comes back to the same explanation: Women choose different specialties, different schedules, or jobs with more flexibility. Some of that is obviously true. But I’ve never thought it explained the whole picture, and the profession leans on that explanation a little too heavily.
Even when researchers account for specialty choice, hours worked, and practice setting, women physicians still tend to earn …
The gender pay gap isn’t just about what she chose
