Samantha Was Unable to Get a Job as an Auto

question 64

Multiple Choice

Samantha was unable to get a job as an auto mechanic; the primary reason given by potential employers was that customers had no confidence that their car would be properly fixed by a woman. Samantha decided to do her own survey and interviewed consumers to see if this was true. To address her concerns, the findings of her survey would have best been interpreted through which theoretical approach?

• A) feminist theory
• B) conflict theory
• C) Marxism
• D) symbolic interactionism

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