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Gender gap


A gender gap is a relative disparity between people of different genders. It's reflected in a variety of sectors in many societies. There exist differences between men and women as reflected in social, political, intellectual, cultural, scientific, and economic attainments or attitudes.

Examples include:

  • Gender pay gap, the average difference between the remuneration for men and women who are working, with women often paid less than men
    • Gender pay gap in Australia, a persistent and sometimes rising gender pay gap in Australia
    • Gender pay gap in India, difference in earnings between women and men in the paid employment and labor market in India
    • Gender pay gap in New Zealand, the difference in the median hourly wages of men and women in New Zealand
    • Gender pay gap in Russia, occupational segregation by gender and labor market discrimination in Russia, especially since 1991
    • Gender pay gap in the United States, ratio of female-to-male median or average earnings among full-time workers in the US
      • Gender pay gap in the United States tech industry, divergence in pay between men and women who work in areas such as software engineering
    • Gender pay gap in sports, unequal pay in sports, particularly for female athletes who do not receive equal revenue, depending on the sport
  • Gender gap in Pakistan, relative disparity between male and female citizens in Pakistan in terms of legal discrimination, economic inequality, and cultural attitudes
  • Gender gap in education, sex discrimination in the education system affecting both men and women during and after their educational experiences
    • Gender gaps in mathematics and reading, the finding that on average boys and men exceed in mathematics, while girls and women exceed in reading skills
  • Gender differences in suicide, different rates of completed suicides and suicidal behavior; women more often have suicidal thoughts, but men commit suicide more frequently
  • Wikipedia gender gap, the fact that Wikipedia contributors are mostly male, relatively few biographies are about women, and topics of interest to women are less well-covered
  • Voting gender gap in the United States, the difference in the percentage of men and women voting for a particular candidate in US elections
  • Orgasm gap, a social phenomenon referring to the general disparity between heterosexual men and women in terms of sexual satisfaction
  • Digital Gender Gaps, such as a gender rating gap in online reviews, where women's average submitted star rating is higher than men's.
  • Gender gap (linguistics)

References

References

  1. "What is the gender gap (and why is it getting wider)?". World Economic Forum.
  2. (2020-06-19). "Brechas digitales de género. Una revisión del concepto". Etic@net. Revista científica electrónica de Educación y Comunicación en la Sociedad del Conocimiento.
  3. (2024). "Gender rating gap in online reviews". Nature Human Behaviour.
  4. Ford, H., & Wajcman, J. (2017). ‘Anyone can edit’, not everyone does: Wikipedia’s infrastructure and the gender gap. Social Studies of Science, 47(4), 511-527. https://doi.org/10.1177/0306312717692172
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