Mary works as a civil engineer with a team of equally qualified male engineers. Mary learns that she, along with the other female engineers, earns about 15% less than their male team members. This example best illustrates the

a. the glass ceiling.
b. the glass escalator.
c. wage gap.
d. the double shift.


Answer: c. wage gap

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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