Functionalists argue that it is not particularly useful to use sex as a criterion for allocating jobs in industrial and postindustrial societies because ________

a. great physical strength is no longer necessary for most jobs in a highly automated society
b. both men and women have equal abilities for spatial–visual, verbal, and creative tasks
c. domination results due to the superior physical strength of men
d. economic competition contributes to sexual inequality


Answer: a

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