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gender gap en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A measurable difference between the pay, status, political preferences etc. of men and women.
   • But in the light of last month's election returns, the gender gap looks less like a striking electoral phenomenon and more like a pollster's product. To judge from the way women actually voted, they do not compose a voting bloc with especially compassionate clout. 1982 December 10, Ann Hulbert, “What Gender Gap?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
   • Surveys show a gender gap with women favoring Democrats 12 percent more than men.
   • The report found that no countries had managed to eliminate a gender gap entirely, but the Nordic countries were the best at narrowing it and providing a workable model for the rest of the world. 2005 May 17, “Nordic gender gap is thinner”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

Forms

Descendants

gender gap · Gendergap

Relateds

pay gap

Translations (11)

fr écart entre les sexes (measurable difference between men and women) · pl różnice międzypłciowe (measurable difference between men and women) · de Geschlechtergefälle (measurable difference between men and women) · fr disparité entre les sexes (measurable difference between men and women) · it gender gap (measurable difference between men and women) · de Gendergap (measurable difference between men and women) · fr inégalité entre les sexes (measurable difference between men and women) · de Geschlechterlücke (measurable difference between men and women) · it divario di genere (measurable difference between men and women) · fr fossé entre les sexes (measurable difference between men and women) · fi sukupuolten välinen ero (measurable difference between men and women)