“It is EQUAL EXPECTED STARTING SALARY REGARDLESS OF GENDER!!!!”
I am all for you don’t get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate. That said, it is unfair to demand someone’s baseline. It is a lopsided negotiation. Two business negotiating don’t require one of them to disclose everything and the other keep things secret.
That is what happens in salary negotiations: Companies won’t tell what they can pay but demand from the candidate what they have been paid.
I'm doubting you've been part of a salary negotiation in a long time. But let's cover the 4 possibilities, just to show how empty your assertion is...
1. Applicant shares demand, Employer does not give a counter - The employer is free to reject the demand, and the applicant, are they not? Or in your world, must Employers cave in to all applicant demands?
2. Applicant does not share demand, Employer does not share the starting salary - The employer is thus left to assign the salary, and failing to give what it gives to others opens them up to discrimination lawsuits. What business will open itself up to that risk for no actual gain?
3. Employer gives salary offer, applicant does not counter - Hiring is done.
4. Both give a number, and they freely decide whether to counter, meet in the middle, or part ways due to unmet expectations. No Hire made, both parties have equal power.
Which one is the one that you wish to whine about?