Women Are More Likely Than Men to Work in Positions

question 44

Multiple Choice

Women are more likely than men to work in positions that are poorly paid within the same occupational field. For instance, women are more likely to be dental hygienists than dentists, or legal assistants rather than lawyers. Many women might feel that this is a personal shortcoming, despite institutionalized discrimination and prejudices held against them. This is an example of ______.

• A) the globalization of inequality as applied to women
• B) McDonaldization of society as it applies to women
• C) the effects of the social construction of reality
• D) the links between private troubles and public issues using sociological imagination

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