Wendy McElroy takes on the wage gap between men and women. She quotes Warren Farrell's latest book, Why Men Earn More, and refutes the feminazi insistance that rampant male chauvinism is to blame. Instead, blame is largely based on women's free market choices.

...women commonly prefer jobs with shorter and more flexible hours to accommodate the demands of family. Compared to men, they generally favor jobs that involve little danger, no travel and good social skills. Such jobs generally pay less...

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, full-time men clock an average of 45 hours a week, while women put in 42 hours. Men are more than twice as likely as women to work at least 50 hours a week...

Men represent 92 percent of all occupational deaths. Why? Because if you look at a list of the most hazardous occupations -- fire fighting, truck driving, construction, and mining -- they have 96-98 percent male employees, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics...

They also show that starting salaries for women actually tend to be higher than for men. That statistic also supports the notion that women are far more likely to interrupt their career to raise a family. Women from the ages of 25 to 35 are much more likely to use maternity leave. And sometimes rather than come back to work when their leave is up, they simply quit their job and stay at home. Even those that choose to go back to work after their youngest children have started school are looking at a 5 year setback in their career.

Of course, none of these life choices are necessarily bad decisions. But they certainly have an impact on the statistics.