OK, I'll bite. If your expertise is employment, as you say it is, kindly show us the evidence there is prejudice against women here.
Happy to..
And please don't go quoting the usual media troll of a difference in salary for sexes, as obviously there are multiple factors impacting on these such as qualifications, opting to work part time, taking leave of absence to raise kids, etc, etc, etc
You're very quick to dismiss part time work and childcare when in fact these are huge factors in women's career development and earning potential. As a society we assume women will take on the bulk of childcare responsibilities and therefore are the one's who are more likely to work part time or flexibly. What would actually make a huge difference to women's career development would be for more men to work part time or flexibly around childcare.
But you wanted me to share my expertise on this so here you are...
School & University
There are a number of studies that show children as young as 6 have 'gendered' perceptions when it comes to careers. When asked to draw certain professions children will draw a female nurse, teacher etc but a male doctor or scientist.
These perceptions continue into their teens and young adulthood and there are a couple of career development theories which suggests young people will sacrifice interests before choosing a career which goes against their 'sex type'. This means they will choose a stereotypical male or female career path even if their interests lie in a non-stereotypical route.
We also see evidence in subject choices with boys choosing subjects that are more likely to lead to degrees linked to high earning careers.
When university students are asked what they value/look for in a career women are more likely to prize future flexibility over international work and other things that help progress your career - there is some evidence of women choosing future flexibility in anticipation of needing it in the future (even if this is done subconsciously).
In the workplace
Women are more likely to work flexibly and part time which have an obvious impact on earnings and career progression.
Women are more likely to choose careers that pay less (back to gendered career choices).
Women are more likely to take on additional responsibility which is socially responsible rather than something that will support career development ( a particularly stark example of this is in academia with female academics more likely to work on committees that improve the experience of staff and students while male academics focus on research and publications and don't get me started on the impact of maternity lave on female academics!)
Worldwide 75% of unpaid labour is carried out by women and is the main reason many women choose to work part time.
As women have joined the labour market and increased their paid working hours, men haven’t increased their unpaid working hours meaning women have just increased their overall working hours
A higher proportion of women work in professional careers BUT they are still underrepresented in senior positions.
Impact of the pandemic
Women saw an increase in redundancies, unemployment and an increase in claiming unemployment benefits during the pandemic
More women were furloughed
Mothers and women from minority ethnic groups were particularly effected.
32% of women were responsible for childcare full time compared to 19% of men.
61% of working dad’s alternated childcare with partners compared to 34% of women.
In May 2020 78% of job losses were women and mothers were 47% more likely to lose their job.
Mothers were 1.5x more likely than fathers to have either lost or quit their jobs since the start of the first lockdown.
35% of mothers lost work or hours due to lack of childcare support.