In a study of two magazines, Marie found that the first magazine had 150 uses of male pronouns (he, him, etc), but only 75 uses of female pronouns (she, her, etc). The second magazine had 200 uses of male pronouns, and 205 uses of female ones. What can be concluded from her work?
a. Magazine 1 was twice as sexist as magazine 2
b. Magazine 2 was not sexist.
c. Magazine 2 was half as sexist as magazine 1.
d. Magazine 2 had 130 more female pronouns.
e. Magazine 1 was sexist.
d
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