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Average male pay is higher than average female pay for a simple reason. Despite decades of enforced equality, women still have babies, and men still don't. So women who wish to spend any substantial time at all with their own offspring will fall behind in their careers, and their earnings will be less.
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"Average male pay is higher than average female pay for a simple reason. Despite decades of enforced equality, women still have babies, and men still don't. So women who wish to spend any substantial time at all with their own offspring will fall behind in their careers, and their earnings will be less."
— Peter Hitchens

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Average male pay is higher than average female pay for a simple reason. Despite decades of enforced equality, women still have babies, and men still don't. So women who wish to spend any substantial time at all with their own offspring will fall behind in their careers, and their earnings will be less. — Peter Hitchens

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Peter Hitchens was a Journalist from United Kingdom (1951–present).

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This quote is attributed to Peter Hitchens, a Journalist from United Kingdom.
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Peter Hitchens lived from 1951 – present.