| the differences between women and men, esp. as reflected in social, political, intellectual, cultural, or economic attainments or attitudes. |
| gender gap n. A disproportionate difference, as in attitudes and voting preferences, between the sexes. |
gender gap
A broad difference between men and women, as in There is still an enormous gender gap in the wages of unskilled labor. This expression at first referred to the difference between men and women in voting preferences. It has since been extended to other areas. [1970s]