Which of the following statements best describes the conclusions about womens salaries?

7-17.Which of the following statements best describes the conclusions about women’s salaries?a.When factors such as type of job and number of years of experience are equated, men and women receive roughly equivalent salaries.*b.At every level of education, females earn much lower salaries than men do.c.Men earn significantly more than women if we consider only those who did not graduate from college; however, gender differences disappear among college graduates.d.The gender gap in salaries is larger between Black men and Black women than between White men and White women.

Page 2177-18.According to the research on men’s and women’s salaries,

Page 2177-19.Studies on men’s and women’s salaries show that

c.ten years ago, women earned only about 60% of what men earned, but now their salaries are nearly identical.*d.although the types of jobs that men and women enter may account for some of the differences, a substantial part of the wage gap is probably due to discrimination.Pages 217-2187-20.Discussions of gender and work often use the term comparable worth. This terms means that

Pages 217-2187-21.Comparable worth means thata.for any position, the women’s abilities must be comparable to the men’s abilities.b.men should receive larger salaries than women because careful comparisonsreveal that men’s jobs are more difficult.c.men’s work is really comparable to women’s work when we examine the actual types of tasks they do at work.*d.when men and women perform comparable jobs—even if these jobs areactually different—they should receive comparable pay.

Which of the following statements best describes the conclusions about women's salaries?

    a. When factors such as type of job and number of years of experience are equated, men and women receive roughly equivalent salaries.
  b. At every level of education, females earn much lower salaries than men do.
  c. Men earn significantly more than women if we consider only those who did not graduate from college; however, gender differences disappear among college graduates.
  d. The gender gap in salaries is larger between Black men and Black women than between White men and White women.

Question 2

Which of the following students provides the most accurate information about affirmative action in the United States?

    a. Lyle: According to the affirmative action laws, relatively large organizations need to consider qualified women and also people from underrepresented ethnic groups..
  b. Carmen: Affirmative action means that companies must hire unqualified women, rather than qualified men..
  c. Bryan: About half of the affirmative action court cases involve discrimination against highly qualified men..
  d. Josefa: The government sets specific quotas about the number of people that a company must hire from an underrepresented group..

Question 3

The chapter on women and work discusses the concept of affirmative action. Affirmative action means that

    a. an organization should make genuine efforts to consider qualified people who belong to a group that is underrepresented in the company.
  b. an organization must practice reverse discrimination by giving special preference to women and people of color, even if they are somewhat less qualified than European American men.
  c. quotas must be established for every occupational category, and organizations will be fined if they do not meet the quota.
  d. women and people of color must be paid higher wages and promoted more quickly than European American men.

Question 4

According to the concept of gender-role spillover, which is discussed in the chapter titled Women and Work,

    a. women often let their family problems spill over into the time spent at work.
  b. women are more likely than men to discuss gender issues in the workplace.
  c. men are likely to sexually harass women who act in a nonstereotypical fashion.
  d. employers may judge a female job applicant on the basis of her attractiveness and stereotypically female characteristics.

Question 5

Which of the following students provides the most accurate information about the explanations for access discrimination?

    a. Gilda: Employers have overly high expectations for female job applicants, and so a female applicant is unlikely to live up to these expectations..
  b. Josephine: Female applicants are likely to have a particularly difficult time being hired for a stereotypically feminine job, and this is why access discrimination is so common..
  c. Gerald: Employers sometimes believe that the applicant must have stereotypically masculine characteristics to succeed on the job..
  d. Shawn: Employers often fail to pay enough attention to gender-role spillover, which is the ability to perform an activity considered appropriate for the other gender..

Question 6

According to the discussion of Women and Work, access discrimination is especially likely to operate

    a. when women apply for a promotion.
  b. when women apply for a low-level job.
  c. when women are assertive, rather than traditionally feminine.
  d. when women have clear-cut qualifications for the job.

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