Regarding gender stereotypes, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. This wage gap can cost a woman trained in a professional school as much as $2,000,000 in lost career earnings over the course of her life.
b. The male-female pay difference is found even in colleges, where greater awareness of gender fairness should prevail.
c. Extreme gender stereotyping has increased somewhat in the last 20 years.
d. Overall, women earn only about 77 cents for every dollar earned by men.
ANSWER: c
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