Juan, the head of human resources at a large company, has been instructed to make sure that about 2% of all newly hired managers are women in order to reduce the risk of a discrimination lawsuit. This practice represents ________
A) shifting standards
B) reverse discrimination
C) hostile sexism
D) benevolent sexism
E) tokenism
Answer: E
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