According to the Textbook, Which of the Following Explains Why

question 49

Multiple Choice

According to the textbook, which of the following explains why women have earned less than men?

• A) Skills in female-dominated jobs are undervalued.
• B) Unions have traditionally ignored women's interests.
• C) Women are excluded from networks that determine salaries.
• D) Women often engage in self-defeating workplace behaviours.

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