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gender gap

noun

  1. the differences between women and men, especially as reflected in social, political, intellectual, cultural, or economic attainments or attitudes.


gender gap

  1. A phrase marking the trend in recent U.S. presidential elections, whereby more female than male voters support the Democratic party candidate and more male than female voters support the Republican party candidate.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of gender gap1

First recorded in 1980–85

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Idioms and Phrases

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]

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Example Sentences

The World Economic Forum ranks Japan 121st out of 153 countries in terms of gender parity, with the largest gender gap among advanced economies.

We know a large gender gap exists, although the magnitude is uncertain, too.

I think that in order to close the gender gap in this field, women can be supported by developing more confidence.

Democrats immediately moved to claim the gender gap for political mileage even as Reagan’s supporters struggled to understand what had happened.

From Time

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences tweaked its nominating procedures to encourage more female nominees, even as there’s a huge and persistent gender gap in the sciences.

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Well, the pundits were right: the political “gender gap” would decide the fate of candidates in the 2014 midterms.

Two polls, one sponsored by USA Today, the other by Public Policy Polling, showed no gender gap in Kentucky.

Thus, abortion is another gender gap issue where men and the GOP come out second-best.

(Most of the data that follows comes from the 2012 OECD report “Closing the Gender Gap”).

The gender gap debate has taken some surprising turns in recent days.

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