According to the introduction to the chapter on women and work,
a. more than half of North American women over the age of 16 are currently employed.
b. women are especially likely to receive negative evaluations when they are in traditionally feminine occupations, such as elementary school teaching.
c. employment rates are higher for women in Northern Africa and Central America than for women in North America.
d. because mothers in the United States feel guilty about child care, their rate of employment has actually dropped during the past decade.
Question 2
Why do competent women find themselves in a double bind with respect to persuasion?
a. A situation that they perceive as winning might be perceived as losing by other people.
b. Men are more likely to see them as a sex objects, whereas women are more likely to see them as a source of competition.
c. Women want men to be gentle, but men want them to be forceful.
d. If they act in a competent mannertherefore living up to their own standardsthey may not persuade men.CHAPTER 7Women and Work
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