Thesis Paper

Card #45 "...equally competent women in science are viewed as less competent because of their gender."

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Card #47 "Women account for one-half of the potential human capital in any economy and, according to the World Bank, countries with greater gender equality are more prosperous and competitive."

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Card #48 "Women's participation in politics results in tangible gains for democracy, including greater responsiveness to citizen needs, and increased cooperation across party and ethnic lines."

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Card #49 "...gender equality and women's empowerment isn't a part of development but at the core of development."

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Card #50 "As President Barack Obama said, "When women succeed, nations are more safe, more secure, and more prosperous.""

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Card #8 "All women have the right to live without fear of violence, to access affordable, quality education and health care, to hold any job they wish, and to lift their families out of poverty."

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Card #9 "The International Convention to Eliminate All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) enshrines these rights-and recognizes that women and girls often face challenges to realizing their rights specific to their gender."

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Card #31 "Their fact-check is "mostly false" — women working the exact same jobs are paid less than their male counterparts every day, for various and often complicated reasons, and those claiming it's all a myth offer nothing to dispute that reality."

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Card #1 "Centre of equal daughters, equal sons..."

Whitman, Walt. "America." 1888. America Packet. N.p.: n.p., n.d. N. pag. Print.

Card #23 "Gender discrimination also exists in the military. Women are making up a portion of the military today but they still do not have a substantial majority of working population in this profession, because these women do not want to commit with the military because they are discriminated against and sexually harassed once they do enlist into any of the branch`s regarding military service."

"Gender Discrimination in the Military." Sites.Google.Com. GoogleSites, n.d. Web. 5 Mar. 2015. <https://sites.google.com/site/ criminaljusticewithfemales/gender-guidelines-in-the-courtroom>.

Card #46 "Around the world 62 million girls are not in school. Globally, 1 in 3 women will experience gender-based violence in her lifetime. In the developing world."

"Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment." usaid.gov. N.p., n.d. Web. 5 Mar. 2015. <http://www.usaid.gov/what-we-do/ gender-equality-and-womens-empowerment>.

Card #41 "Sex and gender discrimination is an increasing area of legal concern as the number of women..."

"Los Angeles Sex Discrimination Lawyers." amglaw. Allred Maroko Goldberg, n.d. Web. 5 Mar. 2015. <http://www.amglaw.com/Practice-Areas/ Sex-Gender-Discrimination.shtml>.

Card #14 "The law against sex and gender discrimination covers a number of issues that employees may face in the workplace, such as sexual harassment, difficulties with equal pay..."

"Sex and Gender Discrimination." Schwartz & Perry. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Mar. 2015.

Card #19 "Teasing or putting down females for engaging in activities or behaviors that are stereotypically "male," such as playing certain sports, liking mechanical things, riding a motorcycle, achieving a high-level or powerful career position, etc."

"Understanding Gender-based Discrimination." N.d. PDF file.

Card #7 "All women deserve a life with the opportunity to be educated, to work, to be healthy and to participate in all aspects of public life. Yet in every country in the world, women and girls live within the confines of rigid gender norms, which frequently result in disproportionate access to essential services and major violations of their human rights."

Amnestyusa. Amnesty International, n.d. Web. 2 Mar. 2015. <http://www.amnestyusa.org/our-work/issues/women-s-rights/ gender-based-discrimination>.

Card #21 "... women professors are consistently more likely to be described as feisty, bossy, aggressive, shrill, condescending, rude."

Bartlett, Alison. "Male Professors Are 'Genius.' Female Professors Are 'Nice.'" New Republic. N.p., 10 Feb. 2015. Web. 4 Mar. 2015. <http://www.newrepublic.com/article/121024/ heres-one-way-gender-discrimination-plays-out-academia>.

Card #10 "Female-dominated occupations tend to pay less, often much less, than male-dominated occupations."

Carnevale, Anthony P., and Nicole Smith. "Gender Discrimination Is at the Heart of the Wage Gap." Time. N.p., 19 May 2014. Web. 3 Mar. 2015. <http://time.com/105292/gender-wage-gap/>.

Card #6 "Discrimination based on gender or sex is a common civil rights violation. Discrimination on the basis of gender takes many forms; including sexual harassment, pregnancy discrimination, and unequal pay for women who do the same jobs as men."

FindLaw. Thomson Reuters, n.d. Web. 2 Mar. 2015. <http://civilrights.findlaw.com/discrimination/ gender-discrimination.html>.

Card #3 "The spirit of the #LikeAGirl campaign is to change societal norms, and there is hope that this is possible."

Friedman, Michael, ed. "The Powerful Message of the #LikeAGirl Campaign." huffingtonpost. AOL Lifestyle, 3 Feb. 2015. Web. 2 Mar. 2015. <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-friedman-phd/ the-powerful-message-of-the-likeagirl-campaign_b_6603714.html>.

Card #32 "The truth is that the vital difference is not between men and women but between women with dependent children and everyone else, whether male or female. "

Green, David. "The gender pay gap does not exist." Blogs.Telegraph.Co. Telegraph Media Group, 30 Apr. 2009. Web. 5 Mar. 2015. <http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/davidgreen/9666597/ The_gender_pay_gap_does_not_exist/>.

Card #38 "It's the bogus statistic that won't die—and president deployed it during the State of the Union—but women do not make 77 cents to every dollar a man earns."

Hoff Sommers, Christina. "No, Women Don't Make Less Money Than Men." TheDailyBeast. Daily Beast Company, 1 Feb. 2014. Web. 5 Mar. 2015. <http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/02/01/ no-women-don-t-make-less-money-than-men.html>.

Card #30 "Perry and Biggs go on to argue that women are paid less because they choose to pursue degrees that result in lower earnings and work in fields that pay less than those dominated by men."

Holland, Joshua. "Debunking the Myth of a Mythical Gender Pay Gap." BillMoyers. Moyers and Company, 8 Apr. 2014. Web. 5 Mar. 2015. <http://billmoyers.com/2014/04/08/ debunking-the-myth-of-a-mythical-gender-pay-gap/>.

Card #2 "No, no we are not satisfied and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream"

Martin Luther King Jr. "I have a dream". Washington March for Jobs and Freedom. Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C. August 28th, 1963. Address.

Card #11 "Critics of initiatives to close the gender wage gap, or those who deny that it's a legitimate problem, say gender-based wage inequalities are due to individual choice, and therefore are of no concern to government."

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Card #12 "Young girls and young women do not make choices about what to study and where to work in a vacuum. They make them under the influence of peers, family members and adults who tell them, through words and actions, the subjects, majors and careers that are acceptable for them to choose — and these influences inevitably inform their later decisions on careers."

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Card #13 "Closing the gender wage gap will require initiatives aimed at combatting workplace discrimination. One of these is the Paycheck Fairness Act, which would increase wage transparency and provide legal protections for workers who raise concerns about gender-based wage discrimination."

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Card #15 "The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's Equal Pay Act of 1963 requires that men and women be given equal pay for equal work in the same establishment...Equal pay encompasses all forms of compensation including, but not limited to, salary, benefits, overtime pay, bonuses, stock options, incentive restricted stock plans, expense allowances and reimbursement."

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Card #16 "The "glass ceiling" refers to an invisible barrier that exists in a workplace that prevents qualified women from advancing into top management positions solely because of their sex."

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Card #17 "If you believe that you are being discriminated against at work because of your sex or gender, you should be aware that laws exist to protect you from unlawful sex or gender discrimination."

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Card #20 "Firing or not hiring an individual because he or she acts, dresses, or behaves in ways an employer considers "too masculine" or "too feminine.""

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Card #22 "This graphical mapping of language used by American students to rate their professors tells us that gender is repeatedly constructed through the language we use to differentiate behaviors and values, and that women still face systematic obstacles in academia."

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Card #24 "They look down on these females with the same views that other related criminal justice fields do, they think that females are not able to conduct everyday tasks compared to males because they are not strong enough to be capable of doing the task efficiently."

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Card #25 "The military has also had to redesign the military schools with separate quarters for both the genders because some of the males do not think that females should be able to serve the country because they are not as equal as the male. "

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Card #26 "They designed these separate quarters because some of the males were sexually assaulting the females to show their superiority."

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Card #27 "Women often are not able to work the front lines with a male in combat instead they are subjected to work military jobs behind the scenes, such as desk work or a nurse in a medic station."

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Card #28 "The military is slowly transitioning and now allowing females to do any job they please to because they have also noticed just like every other field that female discrimination exist, that females are just as able and qualified as men to do every sort of task."

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Card #29 "Both men and female are created equally with the ability to obtain knowledge so each gender should be treated equally."

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Card #4 "The experience of this type of sexism may cause distress and unhealthy behaviors such as binge eating and smoking."

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Card #5 "...we raise awareness of how these seemingly innocuous statements are part of a bigger picture -- one in which women are often degraded and mistreated."

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Card #33 "Women today don't need government quotas. They are doing fine on their own."

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Card #35 "Men work longer hours than women do. The average fulltime working man works 6 hours per week or 15 percent longer than the average fulltime working woman."

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Card #36 "Men are more likely to take jobs that require work on weekends and evenings and therefore pay more."

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Card #37 "Even within the same career category, men are more likely to pursue high-stress and higher-paid areas of specialization."

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Card #39 "The White House should stop using women's choices to construct a false claim about social inequality that is poisoning our gender debates."

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Card #40 " And if the President is truly persuaded that statistical pay disparities indicate invidious discrimination, then he should address the wage gap in his own backyard. Female staff at the White House earn 88 cents on the dollar compared to men."

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Card #43 "...biases against women are often subconscious means people need extra prodding to realize and combat them."

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Card #44 "Equally qualified women should be discriminated against, because they could go off and get pregnant."

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Card #34 "Men are far more likely to choose careers that are more dangerous, so they naturally pay more."

Tobak, Steve. "The Gender Pay Gap is a Complete Myth." CBSNews. CBS, 8 Mar. 2011. Web. 5 Mar. 2015. <http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ the-gender-pay-gap-is-a-complete-myth/>.

Card #18 "The wage gap is the difference between the wages that women earn as compared to men. Often due to gender discrimination and sexism in the workplace, in 2011 women on average made only 77% of what men earned based upon full-time, year-round work."

Web Page View live Web page Archive & annotate page "Gender Discrimination." MSU. Michigan State University, n.d. Web. 3 Mar. 2015. <http://wrc.msu.edu/fastfacts/gender-discrimination.html>.

Card #42 "A man is selected for hire over a woman; fewer women reach tenure track positions; there's a gender gap in publications."

Yurkiewicz, Ilana. "Study shows gender bias in science is real. Here's why it matters." scientificamerican. Scientific American, Inc, 23 Sept. 2012. Web. 5 Mar. 2015. <http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/unofficial-prognosis/ 2012/09/23/study-shows-gender-bias-in-science-is-real-heres-why-it-matters/>.