If a police officer who believes that girls should not engage in sex (but does not hold the same strong belief about boys engaging in sex) may be more likely to pursue a formal arrest for a girl caught engaging in acts that are sexual can be referred to as:

a. individual classism.
b. individual sexism.
c. institutional classism.
d. institutional sexism.


b. individual sexism.

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