It depends who's making the argument!

I've generally found people on HN to be sensitive to the nuance, but over on reddit - where the level of discourse is lower but perhaps more reflective of everyday conversation - things are very different. Some use the choice explanation to dismiss the finding as not problematic, or to push the blame onto women. Some recent examples after a quick search:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ukpolitics/comments/aujkwr/_/eh9n9r...

> The gender pay gap might not be a problem and it could just be the result of the choices of both men and women

https://www.reddit.com/r/ukpolitics/comments/ac8u6p/_/ed64p8...

> The gender pay gap has been debunked, can we move on already

https://www.reddit.com/r/ukpolitics/comments/acc3tv/_/ed6tw7...

> Do people still believe in the gender pay gap? Is is still being pushed as “women getting paid less because they are women”?

https://www.reddit.com/r/ukpolitics/comments/acgxxn/_/ed7vbj...

> It’s almost as stupid as the gender pay gap day