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10:09 AM

I have noticed this question since it is in the HNQ (and the title was click-baity enough for me to have a look): Did Wonder Woman's Gal Gadot earn ~1/40th of Man of Steel's Henry Cavill?

To some extent, the question is related to gender inequality. Should gender tag be added to that question? Or would perhaps a separate tag related to gender inequality, glass ceiling, etc. be useful?

2 hours later…

Oddthinking

12:03 PM

@MartinSleziak I don't think it is about "gender" itself, so if there is to be a tag, it should be gender-equality or similar. Do we have more than a couple of other questions to be similarly tagged to make the tag meaningful?

Martin Sleziak

@Oddthinking I did not search for other examples, but my guess that this topic is very likely to come up repeatedly.

For example searching for gender gap site:skeptics.stackexchange.com returns some such questions. They are tagged with (gender).

Like this one: Are women underpaid relative to men?

Wow, I see that gender bias on SE has been also discussed on your meta: Are men more likely to delete a post because a woman answered?

10 hours later…

Oddthinking

10:30 PM

@MartinSleziak Ha, I have no recollection of that question or that answer.

@MartinSleziak Is it just me that thinks the gender tag is wrong for gender gap questions?

Looking at the tag, I see some questions that are about gender itself:

Q: Is 1,7% of the population born intersex?

Article published by the BBC claims: Although there are no reliable statistics on how many Kenyans are intersex, doctors believe the rate is the same as in other countries - about 1.7% of the population. [source] That seems an awfully high rate. BBC does not cite any sources. Is this 1.7% ...

Some that are about ... gender in society? I need a better term.

Q: Does mixed-sex education increase violence in schools?

TSA-Alerie reports [French] that a poster on a conference at the National Library of Algeria has a controversial claim: La mixité sexuelle à l’école est la cause numéro un de la violence scolaire which translates to: Mixed-sex schools are the number one cause of school violence. Th...

education gender violence school

Q: Has Saudi Arabia announced plans for a women-only city?

There's been reports of announced plans for a women-only city in Saudi Arabia. For example: Saudi Arabia plans new city for women workers only from The Guardian. Al Arabiya claimed (on August 15, 2012) that the press release stated the city would not be for females only. This was mentioned in a ...

gender sexism saudi-arabia

Q: Are women underpaid relative to men?

Many articles, such as this one, report a significant wage gap between men and women of 15% or more as evidence of discrimination. On the other hand, some sources, such as this one, claim that the gap can be explained by factors such as the following: Men being more career obsessed Men working ...