There's probably still a gender gap, but look at the trend -- it's been shrinking steadily since the early 70s: http://i.imgur.com/RnpSl.png
Can you look at that graph and claim 80% is a ceiling?
The data [1] for this isn't even adjusted for "equal work", one of the difficulties mentioned in the article. It's just median individual income, which probably overstates the disparity -- see eg yummyfajitas' comment [2] on number of working hours.
Can you look at that graph and claim 80% is a ceiling?
The data [1] for this isn't even adjusted for "equal work", one of the difficulties mentioned in the article. It's just median individual income, which probably overstates the disparity -- see eg yummyfajitas' comment [2] on number of working hours.
[1] page 36: http://www.census.gov/prod/2009pubs/p60-236.pdf
[2] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2524159