 Every Wednesday, CMC hosts a public forum on the issues that are important to Central Ohio. You can learn more about CMC at ColumbusMetroClub.org. The gender pay gap is unfair, inequitable, and it's illegal. Paying women less than men for the same work has been against the law since 1963. And yet, based on today's full-time wage gap, women entering the workforce stand to lose nearly $400,000 over the course of a 40-year career.