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:

Other uses

See also

  • 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

  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.
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