Nothing really. But as Ashe Schow of the Washington Examiner points out, our liberal friends at VOX think it’s a really big deal.

What discussion about college majors would be complete without mentioning gender gap?

You’ve got to hand it to the writers at Vox — they know how to stay on message.

In an article about the differences between earning/job potential and college majors, Vox writer Libby Nelson couldn’t help but claim that differences in pay really all come down to gender discrimination. When discussing the median income between different college majors (finance and nursing), Nelson argues that just because one major appears to earn more than another doesn’t make it so — in fact, it all really comes down to the gender of the individual.

Nelson quotes Ben Schmidt, an assistant history professor at Northeastern University, to make the case.

“A male English major makes the same as a female math major, and a female economics major makes less than a male history major,” Schmidt had written. “So the next time you see someone arguing that only fools major in art history, remind them that the real thing holding back most English majors in the workplace isn’t their degree but systemic discrimination against their sex in the American economy.”

Schmidt does indeed argue that the “apparent gulf” between the two majors “has nothing to do with the actual majors, and everything to do with the pervasive gender gaps across the American economy.” But he never takes into account other choices women make in their careers as the reason for the discrepancy.