While women in the U.S. have legal protections in place like the Equal Pay Act of 1963 and Title Vll of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, they are still subjected to pay disparities and unequal employment opportunities. In the article referenced, women often find themselves in part time and lower ranking positions, and higher ranking roles are often oversaturated with men. From the article Fighting Institutional Betrayal: Gender Pay Equity Litigation Against University Employers, '-"they found a persistent gender wage gap of 11% among tenure-track faculty. When they also controlled for faculty rank (an arguably tainted variable given the gender effects of such appointment), they found a 5.3% wage gap. They acknowledge this is a “conservative estimate, as it implicitly assumes parity in promotion and tenure.” In sum, “[n]early 90% of the disparity would be eliminated if women had the same distribution of rank and affiliation as their male counterparts.” One key takeaway: because 27% of the pay disparity cannot be explained by observed characteristics, they conclude that “a little over one-quarter of the difference in pay between male and female faculty are due to discrimination.”-' Ruan, Nantiya. “Fighting Institutional Betrayal: Gender Pay Equity Litigation Against University Employers.” Connecticut Law Review, vol. 57, Dec. 2024, pp. 1–57.

Gender gaps in education are also apparent, as of 2023 there are around 118.5 million girls out of school, and 2/3 of illiterate adults are women. In places like Chad, poverty, violence, child marriage etc. are things that prevent girls from staying in school. UNESCO gathered data from this area that showed only 38% of girls and 49% of boys finished primary school, with 14.1% of girls 24.2% of boys finishing lower-secondary school after that. Women are also less likely to participate in STEM fields, as norms defining gender identities mark math topics and sciences "unfeminine".  The statistics > UNESCO on Chad, Good Governance Africa, National Library of Medicine

Many women have reported going to the doctor and being told, "It's just stress." "You should lose weight." "It can't hurt that bad!" Guess what... that's gender bias! The gender gap in healthcare is extremely prevalent, with women having less accurate diagnoses and less access to specific treatments than men. An example of women having less access to specific care is in reproductive health and maternity health sectors. In July 2025, The Trump Administration's "Big Beautiful Bill" blocked federal Medicaid reimbursements and Title X funds for Planned Parenthood.  This led to around 70 locations closing down. Planned Parenthood provided testing for STIs/STDs, contraception methods & education, prenatal care, wellness exams, abortions and much more. The overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022, which protected abortion care at the federal level led to abortions becoming illegal in 13 states as of 2026, and restricted in many others. There are also racial healthcare disparities, with the maternal mortality rate being around 50 deaths for every 100,000 live births in black women compared to white women's at 14.5/100,000 (As of 2023) The statistics > Gender gap in healthcare, ReproductiveRights.org, Policy Center for Maternal Mental Health, "Big Beautiful Bill" 2025

There is also a gap in leadership roles as well, with men being in most high-level positions. From Reuters Institute, an analysis of 240 major online and offline news outlets across 12 countries shows that the vast majority of top editors are men. The findings suggested that internal newsroom factors like gendered routines and barriers to promotion/career progression play a major role in this. Only 27% of top editors across those brands are women, despite women making up about 40% of journalists in the 12 markets studied. A slight increase from 24% of women in higher editor roles in 2024. Women are also less likely to be in C-suite roles (CEO, COO, CFO) in S&P 100 leadership teams, with only 9% of women representing the CEO role in the S&P 100. Men are 2.5x more likely to hold executive positions and 10.2x more likely to be CEOs than women in these teams. Sites used > Reuters Institute Journalism, Forbes CEO Gender Gap, Russell Reynolds 2024 S&P 100 Review