A scientific company lays off employees by seniority, retaining those that have been employed the longest. The majority of the female employees had been hired only in the past 10 years and were educated as part of the push to get more females into math and sciences. This situation is an example of
A. instrumentality.
B. institutional discrimination.
C. expressiveness.
D. pluralism.
Answer: B
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