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Often the real situation is that women have been at the job longer and actually do it better than the men making the higher salary.

Which is usually caused by the fact that those males are willing to work more overtime and take less medical time-off. There is no male-pay-scale vs. female-pay-scale. When I was working in IT, we were paid for our experience, skills and willingness to get the job done. All of our hourly rates were pretty much the same, but we had several females who were paid MORE per hour, but their paychecks were LESS because they wouldn't work the overtime. These factors are the MOST OFTEN cause of pay differences. All these labor numbers, BS Dem talking points and such are based on OVERALL, COMBINED annual salaries. Those salaries are eschewed because of the personal choices which women and men make towards their careers, their family needs, and their current situations.

The problem with your approach is that it often leads to other areas which the Dems use to open other false narratives (Republicans don't care about the poor, Republicans want to let businesses screw over their workers, Republicans want people to starve by abolishing the minimum wage, etc...).

The Dems have presented a nice sounding, although COMPLETE lie about 77% pay difference. The best way to fight that isn't by opening ourselves up to more avenues for the Dems to parade with "Republicans hate women and minorities" signs. The best defense is to make the Dems own up to the LIE about the 77% and present the truth, which is on our side!

What the Dems are saying is a lie, because they are saying it’s unequal pay for equal work.

But the reasons Republicans are giving for the disparity can sound more offensive: women pick easy majors, women are designed for childbearing, women work shorter hours—all of these statements are adding to the problem.

My advice is to stick to the big answer: it’s none of the government’s business. Any attempts to counter their claim by offering answers to why women are paid less is really off topic. It gives them food for more refutation and sends all these negative stereotypes about women workers into the airwaves. Plus some inexperienced candidate is going to stick his foot in it big-time if we stay on this theme.