I still stand by my statement, if women were earning less and being paid less, more business owners would be hiring mostly or all female employees. That is just my take. I never had an issue discussing salaries where I worked. It is taboo to not talk about it. Only a handful of fields actually require a degree too. If you actually have skills in something, you can go far. I feel like we have all been lied to with the college nonsense and part of the reason was likely to keep certain people out of high-wage jobs but that is changing now.