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>Dr. Carnevale wouldn’t speculate as to why women make their choices.

I'll help him out. Go watch a Norwegian documentary called Hjernevask (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hjernevask). A comedian wonders aloud why, in the most gender-equal country in the world, women still prefer lower-paying jobs. Its success led Norway to shut down its Gender Studies Institute.

Not everything is the cause of rampant misogyny.

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I would think that it's, at least, less of a mystery in Norway (or the Western Europe/Nordic model in general) -- at high marginal rates of taxation, and a wide variety of public benefits for free, there's less of an upside to making more money, so the enjoyment of the work itself matters more.

The comparison is between two genders in the same country, and not two different countries.

"in the most gender-equal country in the world" is inviting a comparison across countries, and the point is relevant regardless.

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