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In Reading 50 (It's a Family Affair: Women, Poverty, and Welfare), authors Randy Albelda and Chris Tilly suggest that employers provide single mothers with household assistance in order to lighten their domestic burden and thus enable them to work more.
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According to Ann Crittenden in Reading 51 (Sixty Cents to a Man's Dollar), the gap in pay between mothers and non-mothers under the age of 35 is now larger than the wage gap between young men and women.
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According to Ben Fong-Torres in Reading 52 (Why Are There No Male Asian Anchormen on TV?), broadcasters argue that Asian women provide attractive partners for white male news anchors.
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| | A) | True
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In Reading 53 (Sharing the Shop Floor), author Stan Gray discusses how management did its very best to NOT present the incoming women workers as threats to men's jobs.
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| | A) | True
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According to Barbara Reskin in Reading 54 (The Effects of Affirmative Action on Other Stakeholders), respondents to recent surveys said they believed that whites were at greater risk of discrimination at work than African Americans were.
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| | A) | True
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According to Reading 55 (The Globetrotting Sneaker), by Cynthia Enloe, the recent passage of NAFTA and GATT ensures that private companies will be regulated much more closely.
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| | A) | True
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According to Cynthia Enloe in Reading 55 (The Globetrotting Sneaker), which of the following describes Nike's rationalization for its low-cost labor strategy?
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| | A) | It can provide lower-cost shoes.
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| | B) | It can provide the first step towards financial freedom for the workers.
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| | C) | It can help workers' families buy land.
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| | D) | It can establish profitable factories and eventually move them back to the U.S.
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In Reading 50 (It's a Family Affair: Women, Poverty, and Welfare), authors Randy Albelda and Chris Tilly describe the "triple whammy" that single mothers face. Which of the following is NOT part of this "triple whammy"?
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| | A) | They face low wages.
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| | B) | They are usually the only income generators.
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| | C) | They have difficulty finding good health insurance.
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| | D) | They juggle both paid and unpaid work.
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According to Ann Crittenden in Reading 51 (Sixty Cents to a Man's Dollar), female workers in 1999 earned on average about __________ percent of what men earned.
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| | A) | 20
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| | B) | 60
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| | C) | 80
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| | D) | 95
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In Reading 52 (Why Are There No Male Asian Anchormen on TV?), by Ben Fong-Torres, which of the following is NOT included as one of the stereotypes of Asian men that work against them in broadcasting?
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| | A) | They are wimps.
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| | B) | They are gangsters.
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| | C) | They are intellectuals.
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| | D) | They are martial arts experts.
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In Reading 53 (Sharing the Shop Floor), which of the following contradictions in men's arguments for not having women in the factory did author Stan Gray use to show them the inconsistencies of their claims?
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| | A) | Single women should take jobs that could support their families, but single men should not.
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| | B) | Women should not be allowed to perform heavy or unsafe jobs, but men should be able to do so.
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| | C) | Women should not work late shifts, because doing so keeps them away from their families; but it is okay for men to work late shifts and be away from their families.
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| | D) | none of the above
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According to Reading 54 (The Effects of Affirmative Action on Other Stakeholders), by Barbara Reskin, which of the following has contributed to misperceptions about affirmative action?
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| | A) | media emphasis on "quotas"
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| | B) | distinguishing between affirmative action in employment and affirmative action in education
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| | C) | reverse discrimination
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| | D) | lawsuits
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2003 McGraw-Hill Higher Education