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The gender gap is a study showing the differences or inequality between men and women in the world. Even though there is still a gap, it is slowly starting to decline meaning that the sexes are starting to recognize each other’s abilities and accomplishments. Most countries are getting better with the differences but there are still a few that are being stubborn and not really changing their ways. There are many factors that determine the gap rankings such as education and politics.

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The gender gap is a study showing the differences or inequality between men and women in the world. Unfortunately there is still a lot of inequality among the sexes, be pay or rights, it is still prevalent in our society whether we choose to see it or not. The good news is that the gap between genders has slowly started decreasing as women gain higher titles and more respect for their abilities, hopefully sometime in the near future both sexes will be equal in all aspects with respect to abilities.

The gender gap exists because of the differences or perceived differences between not only sexes but also among race in terms of education, pay, abilities, and last but not least the stereotypes associated with sex and race. According to the Wikipedia page for the gender gap, there are four items taken into account in the formulation of the gender gap chart, Economic participation and opportunity, Educational attainment, Political empowerment, and Health and survival. It is easy to see why these are the deciding factors given that there are noticeable differences in many countries like the Middle East for example. Women don’t get most jobs, most can’t afford to get a higher education which limits their potential and those that do are scorned for trying to rise to higher ranks in society. Most problems are caused by other people but there are some cases where the gender that is being hindered is doing it to themselves for instance women or even younger girls that decide or accidently become pregnant and then choose to stay unemployed or drop out of school and expect everyone else to pick up their slack, this sets back the progress almost as much as it is moving forward making the closing of the gap much harder than it needs to be.

Right now the United States is sitting at ranked spot number 20, honestly that is not bad but it’s still not the top 10. The things setting us back are health and political empowerment. Women haven’t quite breeched that stereotype that men are politicians, yes there are some women in political offices but we need more to make a better rank in that category. With the health gap, it is factored by birth rates and death rates, more men are born on average than women in the U.S. and women tend to live longer. Once both of those numbers change some for the better, I believe that we can rise to the top 10 ranks in the world, not that it is a competition per say.