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__NOTOC__ "Binders full of women" was a phrase used by Mitt Romney during the second U.S. presidential debate of 2012. Romney used the phrase in response to a question about pay equality, referring to binders with resumes of female job applicants submitted to him as Governor of Massachusetts. This prompted the phrase's use for political attacks on Romney's positions on women's issues, as well as the development of an Internet meme. At the debate, Romney said: "I had the chance to pull together a cabinet, and all the applicants seemed to be men… I went to a number of women's groups and said, 'Can you help us find folks?' and they brought us whole binders full of women." Even while the debate was ongoing, humorous commentary about the phrase had begun to be published online.〔 ==Internet meme== By the day after the debate, a Tumblr blog and posts had been created illustrating commentary on the phrase, tweets and original works of art had been produced, and a Facebook page about "Binders Full of Women" had received 274,000 likes.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2012/10/17/presidential-debate-spawns-binders-full-of-women-meme/ )〕 Amazon.com received a barrage of satirical reviews for generic binders, with thousands of users marking the reviews as "helpful", moving them to the top of the review pages. A parody Twitter account that portrayed itself as a binder owned by Romney attracted 30,000 followers before the debate was even over. Barack Obama referenced the phrase, saying at a campaign stop: "I've got to tell you, we don't have to collect a bunch of binders to find qualified, talented, driven young women". ''The Washington Post'' stated: "Mitt Romney's 'binders full of women' comment during the second presidential debate did more than go viral; it put women's issues back in the campaign spotlight."〔 On February 15, 2013, the game show ''Jeopardy!'' referenced the meme with a category titled "A Binder Full of Women" resulting in the audience and contestants laughing after host Alex Trebek read the category. The clues were about famous or powerful women.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title='Jeopardy!' pays belated tribute to Romney with binder full of women category )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Binders full of women」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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