yes that is one factor, but there are other factors that account for the persistence of the pay gap, which is real, albeit shrinking. your point is taken, that people should stop yelling about it all the time because it's likely not as insidious as a university gender studies professor would have you believe.
In 2022, women earned an average of 82% of what men earned, according to a new analysis of median hourly earnings of full- and part-time workers.
www.pewresearch.org
While paying people equitably seems uncontroversial, wage gap data has been subject to misinterpretation by people who question whether the gap actually exists.
www.forbes.com