It isn't just women, although it does affect us more for sure.
I used to work at a small startup making peanuts and a male colleague hired on was making even less. Thankfully, we went against the company policy of not being allowed to discuss salaries (an illegal policy in my state, btw), and managed to negotiate him up a bit.
Do you play any kernel level anti cheat games or absolutely must have desktop Office? If not, just pull the trigger. It's so worth it.