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R.W. Connell has analyzed how dramatic inequalities in the distribution of power in societies often deprive women of opportunities to realize their full potential. Connell's work shows that ________.
 
  a. in much of the industrialized world men still have much greater access to cultural prestige, political authority, corporate power, individual wealth, and material comforts than women
  b. individual men and small groups of men are generally confident and comfortable with the inequalities that surround them
  c. today, male-female relations are structured so that men and women are equal
  d. intersexed individuals are still jailed in several states

Question 2

Omar refuses to hire women assistants in his science lab because he thinks they are not as smart as the men who apply for the jobs. This behavior is an example of _______.
 
  a. masculine stereotyping
  b. reverse hegemony
  c. gender bias
  d. sexism



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Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

d



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