Around the world, women live longer than men but are also sicker. There are also large global gaps in women's poverty, labor, and education. Social scientists would account for this by assuming that ______.
A. men and women are naturally different, and so we should expect to see some type of gender inequality around the world
B. gender inequality takes different forms around the world and is explainable by analyzing society's many social structures
C. sexual dimorphism is routinely shown to explain most of the observed gender inequalities around the world
D. gender inequality tends to be the product of the different choices that boys and girls make early in life
Answer: B
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