How Do Women Get Paid Less Than Men?

Doctor aurora has been working for a while to undo biases in the medical field. In looking at those salaries at public universities for male and female physicians, i was struck by that 20 thousand dollar pay gap. Women aren't as aggressive about asking and negotiating for their salaries, either at the time of their first job, or more important is the time of retention offers. There's a lot of loyalty that comes with being a woman in medicine. At the same time you're having kids, dealing with family issues, partners. It's just harder for women to see themselves as uprooting themselves,. You have to go get the counter offer, and then that's how you get your new raise.