Comment by teachingassist

"...the results showed the company was underpaying more men than women for doing similar jobs in software engineering."

Google's tech jobs are 76% men (from their 2020 diversity report).

Saying "50% of those being underpaid for their work are men" is an interesting statistic then only because 50 is less than the expected 76.

This stat, taken on its own merit, illustrates that women are three times more likely to be underpaid.