gender gap

plural gender gaps

1. A measurable difference between the pay, status, political preferences etc. of men and women.

   Surveys show a gender gap with women favoring Democrats 12 percent more than men.

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   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

   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