The average gender gap in OECD countries has narrowed somewhat in recent years from 20% in 2000. And while the gender wage gap exists in all countries, its size varies considerably. The gap is narrowest in Hungary (6%) and Poland (10%) and broadest in Korea (39%) and Japan (29%). Earnings tend to rise in line with people's level of education for both men and women.
A contrarian is a person who takes up a contrary position, especially a position that is opposed to that of the majority, regardless of how unpopular it may be. 1 Contrarian tropes in journalism.
Contraband(noun) illegal or prohibited traffic. Contraband(noun) goods or merchandise the importation or exportation of which is forbidden. Contraband(noun) a negro slave, during the Civil War, escaped to, or was brought within, the Union lines. Such slave was considered contraband of war.