Explain the difference between the glass ceiling and the glass escalator.
What will be an ideal response?
Varies. Glass ceiling: an artificial boundary that allows women to see the next occupational or salary level even as structural obstacles keep them from reaching it. Glass escalator: the nearly invisible promotional boost men gain in female-dominated occupations.
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Stereotypes _________________
a. have very little impact on daily life b. that appear to be positive can have negative effects c. have largely disappeared d. only affect racial minorities
Which of the following would be a reason for a drug company not to pursue expensive clinical trails with a new drug?
A. The drug produces no side effects. B. The drug produces side effects. C. The therapeutic index is less than 1. D. The therapeutic index is greater than 1.
Bryant is unable to stop stealing from convenience stores, so he has been diagnosed with kleptomania and is seeing a therapist. In the past, Bryant would have simply been jailed. What does this best exemplify?
Which of the following factors has helped increase the share of women in the paid labor force over the course of the last century?
a. the increase in the number of people working on farms b. a high divorce rate c. the increasing size of U.S. families d. the fact that working women earn more than working men