A woman argues that the low salary she pays someone from Mexico to watch her children is fair because that woman gets paid more than she would be paid in Mexico. Conflict theorists call this line of reasoning
a. cultural relativity.
b. the facade of legitimacy.
c. a latent function.
d. class consciousness.
b
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A) ?sexual orientation B) ?gender expression C) ?individual discrimination D) ?occupational sex segregation E) ?gender pay gap
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a. being labeled according to labeling theory b. being socially controlled according to social control theory c. being dysfunctional according to functionalism d. being irrational according to rational choice theory
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