Even at the first-ranked university in the United States, Princeton University, the Ivy League private institution located in New Jersey, women overtake men at 51.6% of the 2013 undergraduate enrollment. ... An increase in potential earnings is the primary motivation for going to college for most, however there is another benefit of going to college. ... This was the first step in reversing the college gender gap. ... Alternatives to college are out there and more and more men are opting for that route as they graduate from high school, giving women the leg up in college admissions. ... Meanw...

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However, since men are generally in higher rank, higher paying jobs than women, a promotion can be exponentially more lucrative in both financial and authoritative aspects. ... A man advancing through the ranks or in a high position is more likely to grab a hold of a male colleague, college buddy, or male family member to follow him up, showing him the ropes - someday to be able to take credit for the new guy's success. ... As a waitress, a maid, and a retail worker, she is presented with the common scenario that the lower paid, lower status workers are all female, and as the rank goes...

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According to Kennedy, Nagata, Mushenski, and Johnson (2008) jobs held by white men are often ranked higher in prestige than those held by women or blacks. ... In a study stated by the Equity and Disclosure Act on Community College intercollegiate athletics, Castaneda, Katsinas, and Hardy (2008) report that inequity is found most in the National Junior College Athletic Association when dealing with the salary difference among the coaches. ...

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Likert Scales were distributed to college students in order to assess three major categories: personal traits, physical traits, and status traits. ... Results indicated that traits, such as personality, sense of humor, trustworthy, and fun, rank high when both men and women are looking for a romantic relationship. ...

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Some say that this gap stems largely from the difference in type and rank of job and from the fact that the women's length of working years is shorter than that of men. ... Even among recent college graduates, women earn 15.7% less than men. ...

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No way would a man ranked as low as 52nd in the world be treated as such. ... Along similar lines, New York Giants rookie sensation, Jeremy Shockey told Howard Stern that if he played with a gay teammate in college not only would he have not known, but he also "Probably wouldn't stand for it". ...

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"Both males and females encounter gender expectations and pressures in schools from kindergarten through graduate and professional school." (Wood, 2013) We know how gender stereotyping can begin the moment parents find out the sex of their child. It is basically a cultural habit to give a boy a to...

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