This chapter focuses on female educational attainment as well as female labor force participation. In contrast to other chapters of the book, it provides an analysis in which countries are treated as part of categories rather than as data points in statistical tests. The chapter introduces a model where the idea is to capture movements among EU member states along the axes “high to low level of corruption” versus “high to low level of women in parliament.” A high level of executive corruption combined with a low level of women in parliament is presented as the least favorable context for gender equality to emerge and, conversely, a low level of executive corruption combined with a high level of women in parliament is presented as the most favorable context. An in-depth analysis of two of the most corruption-ridden countries in the EU—Greece and Hungary—leads to a discussion on how different countries can be trapped in rather different situations regarding types of corruption. Two overarching types of situations are suggested: one labeled “less to spend,” where corruption leaves governments with fewer funds to distribute, and the other labeled “losses in spending,” where corruption significantly affects the distribution process itself.