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    weak and belong in the kitchen. Female workers are paid and earn less male workers. The gender wage gap is estimated to be 20 percent in the United States. Women around the world are discriminated against based on either their gender and ethnicity. There are few who believe men are more efficient and productive than women who work the same jobs. Women and men should get paid equally for equal jobs. Women and women of color are not being paid equally as men. There is an amount of people who believe

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    Many women working full time are paid only 77-79 cents for every dollar paid to their male counterparts; this creates difficulty when trying to tend to their family’s basic needs such as paying for food‚ housing and other necessities. Equal pay is essential‚ but often employees do not receive the same amount of salary as others in their work field who put in the equal amount of work and effort in just because of their gender. While some argue that “[women] get paid less… because they work fewer hours

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    How to get into college College‚ although it may seem distant and impossible‚ is looming closer to each student everyday. “In October 2015‚ 69.2% of 2015 high schoolers graduates were enrolled in colleges or universities” (bis.gov). Almost everyone understands the importance of receiving a degree or diploma in their planned area of expertise‚ but does everyone truly understand what it takes to get into college? Only through academic achievement‚ leadership skills‚ and various talents that show

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    traditionally what we value is the importance of family. Having paid p paternity leave would strongly enforce that value. Also‚ men‚ traditionally‚ are considered the head of the household this is reflected in most society but not in regards to paternity leave.

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    Stipends for College Athletes Imagine being a college football star and finding out that a jersey representing your school with your name and number on the back is not only selling for $110 in stores nationally‚ but it is profiting higher than some professional sports jerseys. Now‚ imagine that you as that student-athlete will not be making a single penny off your institution using your name for monetary profit. Why you ask? Because according to the governing body of collegiate sports‚ the National

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    “I like college football a lot because it’s a dream your chasing. The dream of one day making it.” ~ Ray Lewis College football players in need of money? College football players work very hard‚ spend a good amount of time practicing‚ and don’t make a single cent from any of it therefore they should get paid. In the past college football players have not been paid for all of the blood sweat and tears that they put into the sport. In recent years football players such as Chris Burnette‚ who plays

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    One of the most common arguments regarding sports in the United States today is whether or not college athletes should be paid. A majority of these college athletes receive scholarship money and grants from the school that they have been recruited by. These scholarship packages pay for the students’ tuition‚ books‚ meal plan‚ room and board fees. Because these athletes are given these things‚ many people may ask‚ “What more do they need?” Along with that question‚ another problem with paying them

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    Should Gay Athletes Participate in Professional Sports? Critical Annotated Bibliography English 112 Moebs April 4th‚ 2014 Borden‚ Sam. (2013 Nov 14) Robbie Rogers Reflects on the Season in the Spotlight as a Gay Athlete. Nytimes.com. 2014 Apr 4. Borden is writing about Robbie Rogers‚ a MLS soccer player who came out in early February and played for the Los Angeles Galaxy this past season. Rogers appeared in games prior to Jason Collins and was coined the first openly gay

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    Golf had become a sport in Scotland‚ around the mid-15th century. Golf is a club or ball sport. In golf‚ players use many clubs‚ to hit a small hard ball and make it in a many hole in the ground. With the less strokes as possible to get it in the hole. Golf is a calm sport‚ that can reduce stress‚ improve your vision‚ and is a low-risk sport to get injured. That means you can play at any age. Golf is one of the most competitive college sports. The college coaches look for athletes who have potential

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    Paying College Athletes

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    "Should College Athletes be paid?" Have you ever had a job and never got paid for it? It has never happened to me and hopefully it never does but unfortunately college athletes do not a choice. The Chris Webber scandal brought up the question "Should college athletes be paid?" Webber decided to receive thousands of dollars along with his University of Michigan teammates from Ed Martin. Martin was the former Michigan booster who was arrested on charges of money laundering. There was also "unproven

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