This paper examines the growing gender gap between men and women in Malaysian public universities, using the Gender Parity Index (GPI) to measure gender disparities over time. It considers the gender gap in University of Malaya with other prominent overseas universities, and compares the GPI between all twenty public higher education institutions for the years 2009-2013. It also compares the GPI of public universities in Malaysia with local private education institutions, and examines the gender disparities in public universities in terms of subject segregation. Particular attention is paid to the gender segregation in terms of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects; gender segregation in STEM subjects in Malaysian public universities is compared to East Asia Pacific averages. Lastly, various causes and explanations for the gender gap are explored.

中文翻译：

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马来西亚公立大学中的性别差距：审查“失落的男孩” 

本文使用性别均等指数（GPI）衡量随时间推移的性别差异，研究了马来西亚公立大学中男女之间日益扩大的性别差距。它考虑了马来亚大学与其他著名海外大学的性别差距，并比较了2009-2013年间所有二十所公立高等教育机构之间的GPI。它还将马来西亚的公立大学的GPI与当地的私立教育机构进行了比较，并从学科隔离的角度研究了公立大学的性别差异。在科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）科目方面特别注意性别隔离；将马来西亚公立大学STEM科目中的性别隔离与东亚太平洋地区的平均值进行比较。最后，