The phrase means that a group or individual is better, more skilled, or more capable than another group or individual who are also their peers but of different gender.
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If you get paid $ 15,000 less
than your male counterpart in one job, it's hard to make up the difference when your next employer asks you about your last salary.
In the past, many employers have engaged in a practice of paying female employees with equal qualifications less
than their male counterparts for the same or similar work.
In addition, girls who present both depressive symptoms and aggressive behaviors are substantially more impaired than their male counterparts [2 — 4].
They insist that women's financial needs are different from men's, especially because women tend to earn less
than their male counterparts yet live longer lives.
Also quite interesting is the report's findings about women founders, who build more relationships with regional founders and are more locally
connected than their male counterparts — except with investors.
60 % of those who file a bankruptcy or consumer proposal with student debt are female and have 20 % higher debt
loads than their male counterparts; namely $ 15,000 vs. $ 12,000.