According to the discussion in Chapter 7, the term glass ceiling refers to
a. a barrier found in organizations that keeps women and people of color from moving ahead.
b. the ratio between the average woman's salary and the average man's salary.
c. a factor that keeps women from complaining about their salaries.
d. the rule that women must be paid the same salary as men who are doing comparable work.
A
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
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a. it is metabolized faster than in the adult system. b. it is metabolized at the same rate as in the adult system. c. it stays longer than in the adult system because the placenta has no way of expelling the drug. d. it stays longer than in the adult because the immature fetal organs have trouble breaking it down.
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a. when she is in middle school c. when she attends college b. when she is in high school d. none of these