As long as it does not change to the detriment of male candidates. There are no barriers to entry for women, indeed the opposite is becoming more prevalent. I would suggest the gap in numbers is down to lack of desire and lack of support for girls from the bank of mum and dad.
The airline I work for potentially pays women more. One of the agreements we have is paid maternity leave which is only available to our female colleagues. So in a any year our female colleagues would not necessarily receive more pay but rather the same pay for less hours at work. The only equivalent leave which is available to the men is unpaid.
Of course they prefer that facts don't get in the way of myth.
As the USA found, the BLS study into 'pay inequality' found that there was a small gap.....Ironically it came down to choice; women chose less well remunerated professions.