I'm the one who is always supporting free will.

If you want to have 5 kids - great
If you want to have 5 PhD and no kids - fine
If you want to travel the world with a backpack - fantastic

As long as it's your choice.

Very soon I'll move back to the East to earn 50% of my current salary - and I'm very happy with that decision.

What I don't like to see is focusing on a single aspect of life (money) and the single difference (sex/gender).

In Serbia, we have an expression: Što ispravljaš krivu Drinu? (Why are you trying to make the river full of bands straight? ) :D

Considering GER, I can't believe that there is the difference 3 decades lates...