Getting rid of older workers by using retirement incentives is an example of

a. the glass ceiling.
b. age discrimination.
c. ageist stereotypes.
d. age harassment.


ANSWER: b

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a. focus on the gender inequalities by which men have had power over women. b. put a human face on gender, showing how gender is at work in everyday life. c. help explain how gender roles have, throughout history, been useful to society's operation. d. promote the integration of society.

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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

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a. teachers initiated more interactions with female students than with male students. b. teachers initiated interactions with female and male students at the same rate. c. interactions with male students were more likely to be negative than those with female students. d. interactions with male students were more likely to be positive than those with female students.

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