The gender gap has always, and will always exist. There have been numerous studies, arguments, and debates about whether men or women possess higher amounts of almost every trait under the sun: intelligence, organization, agreeability, etc.
A widely debated trait is creativity.
If you do a crude search on the internet or skim a couple forums, you'll find that it is widely believed that men are more creative than women.
The idea that men are more creative than women is believed even at extremely prestigious universities.
After doing some research, it turns out the answer is not so clear cut.
There is no definitive answer as to who the most creative gender is. What has been revealed, however, is that levels of creativity vary significantly more in men than they do women. A Polish study which tested over 3,000 boys and girls concluded that boys were more likely to be either extremely creative or not creative at all while girl's levels of creativity varied much less.
This means that in general, while it is likely that the next ground breaking idea will come from a man, it is also likely that the least creative person in the world would also be a man, with women falling in between.
Men are also more likely to come up with new, out of the box ideas while women are more likely to think of new ways to build upon an existing idea, which is an example of adaptive creativity.
The reason it is believed that men are more creative is because of the traits associated with creativity, such as autonomy and independence, which are traditionally thought of to be possesed by men. It has also been proven that men are more likely to have their work considered creative even if it is identical to a female's work. Men are not the only ones who think this- even women believe that men are more creative.
It is unlikely there will be a way to break this gender stereotype. The truth is that both genders deal with stereotypes and prejudice- and, just like male and female creativity levels, it isn't always black and white.