What Is Meant by the Phrase Feminization of Poverty

question 18

Multiple Choice

What is meant by the phrase feminization of poverty?

• A) the fact that women are more likely not to marry until they find a rich man
• B) the fact that a majority of the poor are women
• C) the notion that women are not as likely to pursue education or other skill development and end up in lower-paying jobs
• D) the idea that women do not work as hard as men and are therefore more likely to be poor

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Definitions:

Disjunction

A logical operation that results in true if at least one of the operands is true.

Conditional

A statement or proposition that asserts that one thing is true if another thing is true, typically formulated as "If P, then Q."

Negation

The contradiction or denial of something, or the opposite of a given statement or proposition.

Conjunction

In grammar, it refers to a part of speech that connects words, sentences, phrases, or clauses. In logic, it's a compound statement that is true if both of its component statements are true.