Patrick Keller

Help Recived: Lecture,  PowerPoint, and Tico Times Article

The global gender gap is defined as the discrepancy between what men earn verses what women earn. some countries are not that bad but others especially those in the middle east have horrible wage discrepancies. In the global gender Gap countries in Scandinavia like Finland, Norway, Sweden as well as countries like Iceland finish  in the top three places to be a woman the us is around number 51 so slightly higher than middle and Arab countries and the middle east consistently rank lowest on the list in the 140’s (Power Point). this had a lot to do with small Scandinavian populations and large

To measure gender gap researchers use things such as maternity leave, rape, sexual abuse, harassment, life spans, pay and other factors contribute to this. The united states is in or around the 51st position (Powerpoint) I would Imagine that it is not in the top 10 because of its size and diverse population which includes a large middle eastern population. The top 10 countries are relatively sparsely populated Scandinavian or European countries because they are small it is easy for them to solve gender gap issues. The US needs to do a better job of opening up government jobs to Women as an example for private firms to follow as well as adopt some sort of policy for maternity leave.

Women are relatively equal to men until they have kids then at least in the US they are expected to stay home and take care of the children which for the most part has been their traditional role with few exceptions. Men traditionally are supposed to be the bread winners and support the wife and children during this time. Domestically though the most I’ve ever seen my dad do is take out the trash and dishes. I can see how women might feel trapped in the house though with no job and no real ability to make new outside friends. My chosen country is Costa Rica and while they rank high on a list By FiveThirtyEight there is actually a big gender gap in this country. According to the Tico Times Ticas can earn up to 27 percent less than Ticos in the same job which is “no bueno”. There are also 21,000 more unemployed women than men in Costa Rica.

Sources: https://ticotimes.net/2017/04/06/gender-wage-gap-costa-rica