Eh , I can imagine some pretty fucked up shit . And it can take 2030 years for the misfolded proteins to replicate enough to start taking effect . <| sep |> That ' s not true . <| sep |> Confirmation Bias ? Sure , but do you believe stories written in The Daily Mail or Breitbart ? No , because even though we live in an era without any credible news outlets , some are worse than others . More reputable and less political studies consistently indicate there is no wage gap when controlling for factors such as education , experience , hours worked , job title , and so forth . I personally work in a field with far more men than women , and I ' ve asked dozens of people how they handle hiring women . Everyone I spoke to said they make a special effort to ensure at least one woman makes it to the interview round , and that women are given the fairest chance to succeed and get the job . That ' s straight up bias in favor of women , and we still can ' t hire as many women as men because we can ' t control what women choose in life . Nor would I want to . Does my anecdotal evidence compare to these socalled scientific studies ? Absolutely , neither of them would pass any reasonable quality standard .