A simplified approach to measuring national gender inequality

SamaelET · 2022-05-13T12:30:24+00:00

I still cannot accept how the UN and the GGR think that if women do not live 5 year more than men, women are discriminated against.

UnHope20 · 2022-05-13T04:20:53+00:00

The Global Gender Gap Index is one of the best-known measures of national gender inequality, used by both academics and policy makers.

We argue that that this measure has a number of problems and introduce a simpler measure of national levels of gender inequality.

Our proposed measure is based on sex differences in the opportunity to lead a long healthy and satisfied life that is grounded on educational opportunities. The measure better captures variation in gender inequality than other measures, with inclusion of outcomes that can be favorable or unfavorable to either sex, not simply unfavorable to women.

We focus on some of the most basic measures available for 134 countries from 2012–2016 (i.e., disadvantages in children’s basic education, life satisfaction, and healthy life span) and we relate these to various measures, including the United Nations' Human Development Index.

We found that low levels of human development are typically associated with disadvantages for girls and women, while medium and high levels of development are typically associated with disadvantages for boys and men.

Countries with the highest levels of human development are closest to gender parity, albeit typically with a slight advantage for women.

We argue that the disparities, when they are found, are related to the sexual division of labor (i.e., traditional gender roles) in poorly developed countries as well as the underinvestment in preventative health care in more developed nations.

Nachtlicht_ · 2022-05-13T20:27:48+00:00

omg, I have seen this once before and then searched for it for so long and couldn't find. Thank you.

Title	A simplified approach to measuring national gender inequality
Author	UnHope20
Upvotes	8
Comments	5
Date	May 13, 2022 4:09 AM UTC (4 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/Male_Studies
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