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 and economic attainments or attitudes.[1]
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 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 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]