According to your text, which of these is a critique of disengagement theory?

A. It fails to acknowledge that elderly are powerful.
B. It wrongly assumes that all elderly disengage from their former lives.
C. It wrongly assumes that the status of elderly declines only with industrialization.
D. It focuses on women's aging and neglects the aging of men.


Answer: B

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