Yeah, I'm going to jump back on the pile. It's not like the OP had other options, but chose to be born a white male. You simply cannot reasonably find fault with him personally simply on the basis of his race and gender. In every society, there are the privileged few and there is an underclass. Doesn't make it right, but there it is. I dislike when people use race and gender to diminish another person's success, and that's how the comment read to me.
Completely personal anecdote: As I was a product of the seventies, I knew about that wage inequity problem, which was actually much worse wa-a-a-ay back then. I deliberately charted a career course that allowed me to earn based on my results. I actually found I was paid better in male-dominated fields. Once I hired into a company during an expansion period. They hired me and three guys. A couple of years later, I stumbled onto a file of our initial hiring paperwork. Guess who was hired at the highest salary? Yup, this girl right here. I consistently outperformed them as well, so I always made more bonus money than they did.
Conclusion: If you care about the dollars, don't enter a profession that has a track record of paying women poorly. Don't become a (fill in the blank) and then complain that you're not paid as much as a scientist, doctor, lawyer or (fill in the blank).