And life for their male counterparts may be no less bleak.
The women learned quickly and were paid the same wages as their male counterparts.
He is the male counterpart of the "girl next door."
We've all heard the stories of girls trying to compete on the same field as their male counterparts.
There are also certain traditional cultural ideas about women which make it more difficult for girls to get an education than their male counterparts.
You have thus inspired us with a fear for our male counterparts.
Women are not taking management roles at the same rate as their male counterparts.
We want women no longer to earn something like 30% less than their male counterparts.
But evidence in the report may come as a shock to some of their male counterparts.
In short, they look and act more dangerous than their male counterparts.