Sophia is a successful lawyer who has a 5-year-old daughter. Since her daughter entered school, Sophia's career has suffered. Sophia was recently demoted because the school nurse, Melissa, demands that Sophia pick up her daughter from school when she is ill, and Sophia's boss expects her to never leave work. The nurse refuses to call Sophia's husband because "a sick girl needs her mama." Sophia is experiencing ______.

A. intentional discrimination
B. side-effect discrimination
C. past-in-present discrimination
D. ethnocentric discrimination


Answer: B

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