Template:Did you know nominations/Gender inequality in the United States

Gender inequality in the United States

 * ... that gender inequality in the United States still persists?
 * Reviewed: Düsseldorf Airport fire
 * Comment: No objections if anyone can come up with a more interesting hook. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 01:43, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

Created by Piotrus (talk). Self nominated at 01:43, 23 May 2013 (UTC).



A better hook please.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld  13:30, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
 * ALT1 ... that in the United States, men earn more than women? ☯ Bonkers The Clown  \(^_^)/  Nonsensical Babble  ☯ 13:43, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment: The gender "pay gap" exists in most of the world, it's over 17% among EU countries. In the end, it seems like most people already know that gender inequality exists so it's not much of a DYK/hook (it's just stating the obvious). My 2 cents for what it's worth. Coinmanj (talk) 20:25, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Object to alt1 as it solely focuses on a topic covered by another, dedicated article: Male–female income disparity in the United States. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 05:01, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
 * ALT2 ... that the United States is one of the few countries which have not ratified the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women? 069952497aComments and complaintsStuff I've done 23:59, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Better, but the hook is easter eggish here. And no, I am not sure how to make it better. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 01:52, 25 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Symbol possible vote.svg Striking original hook and ALT1 due to objections above. If an acceptable hook cannot be devised in the next week, then I think this will have to be closed. You can always ask for help at WT:DYK, if you can't come up with one yourself, and those who frequent the nominations page here haven't been able to either. BlueMoonset (talk) 23:52, 8 June 2013 (UTC)


 * ALT3 ... that the 2012 World Economic Forum's Gender Gap Index found no gender inequality in the United States for education, but it ranked the US 55th for political empowerment? MeekSaffron (talk) 13:34, 9 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg I approve of hook ALT3. Futurist110 (talk) 00:03, 16 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Symbol question.svg The source does not say "no inequality", but "equality". Slightly different terms, but "equality" could conceivably allow for some inequality (rather than none at all as implied by "no inequality"). — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:46, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
 * As the creator, I think the alt3 is good enough. It's hard to achieve perfect clarity in social science terminology. -Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 19:00, 19 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Well, we could have "achieved gender equality in education" or something similar. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:55, 19 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Sure, sounds good. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 09:43, 20 June 2013 (UTC)
 * ALT4: ... that the 2012 World Economic Forum's Gender Gap Index found the United States to have achieved gender equality for education, but it ranked the US 55th for political empowerment?
 * Like this? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 09:46, 20 June 2013 (UTC)
 * I'd rather tweak it to the one below. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 12:04, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
 * ALT5: ... that the 2012 World Economic Forum's Gender Gap Index found the United States to have achieved gender equality in education, but ranked it only 55th for political empowerment?


 * Symbol voting keep.svg Looks good, for ALT5 ONLY. New enough, long enough, etc. etc. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:50, 21 June 2013 (UTC)