When the Virginia Military Institute and South Carolina's Citadel Went

question 40

Multiple Choice

When the Virginia Military Institute and South Carolina's Citadel went to court to prove that women should not be permitted admission, they claimed that psychological research had proven women to be weaker, more emotional, and unable to compete with men. Feminist psychologists protested that

• A) the witnesses had utilized research that was nearly a century old.
• B) although differences were true, women should still be given a chance at the taxpayer-supported school.
• C) witnesses had misrepresented and misused psychological research on gender differences.
• D) women should operate at these schools using a "handicap," as golfers do.

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