Gender gap

Summary

A gender gap, a relative disparity between people of different genders, is reflected in a variety of sectors in many societies. There exist differences between men and women as reflected in social, political, intellectual, cultural, scientific or economic attainments or attitudes.[1]

Examples of a gender gap 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 gap in Pakistan, relative disparity between male & 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 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[2]

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See also edit

  • BBC gender pay gap controversy, a series of incidents in 2017 and 2018 revealing a gender pay gap at the British Broadcasting Corporation
  • Gender binary, the classification of gender into two distinct forms, whether by social system or cultural belief
  • Gender inequality, the social process by which men and women are not treated as equals
  • Gender pension gap, the cumulative impact of the gender pay gap.
  • Global Gender Gap Report, an index, published by the World Economic Forum, designed to measure gender equality

References edit

  1. ^ "What is the gender gap (and why is it getting wider)?". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
  2. ^ De Andrés del Campo, Susana; Collado Alonso, Rocío; García-Lomas Taboada, José Ignacio (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. 20 (1): 34–58. doi:10.30827/eticanet.v20i1.15521. ISSN 1695-324X.

[1]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

  1. ^ 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