Samantha Was Unable to Get a Job as an Auto

question 70

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,which theoretical approach should she use to interpret her survey findings?

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

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