```In some cases, these societal conditionings are still pervasive in today's society. There are women only clothing such as dresses, high heels, though these are only visual norms. In the western world, women have become integrated in society as an equal due to first wave and second wave feminism. Women can vote, do the same types of jobs males can, apply for university, with females applying three times more than males according to the independent () and other socially unacceptable things that would have been viewed unacceptable in the 1800’s. In the UK, there's a queen and a female prime minister. In the United States the democratic party's main running candidate was a female. In Russia, the Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation is a female. The gender pay gap, which is the gap between the average earnings of income between males and females is often used to cite how women are still classed as under privileged due to male dominance. This argument can easily be debunked when the article put forth by the Center for American Progress and other articles that explain that the gender pay gay is the result of a free market and free choice. Occupational differences account for most explanations. Men and women choose to work in different fields and industries, and from this free choice there is born a perceived pay gap, which is nothing more than the state of the different choices between genders. By law, males are paid equally to females. By the principle of free market, corporations would like to see the highest amount of profit, which would mean hiring the best suitable candidates for each job. If there was a sexist state, females would be looked upon as unsuitable for jobs that males can fill. -```
