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Statistics indicate that, on the average, women executives' salaries are about 20% lower than the salaries of men in comparable jobs. This is true despite the job discrimination suits filed in the 1970's by the federal government against firms such as A.T. & T. and the Bank of America, as well as despite the passage of laws forbidding job discrimination by gender in many states and localities. In the face of this unrelenting prejudice against women, it is manifest that only an amendment to the U.S. Constitution can fully remedy the iniquities under which today's women are laboring.

Question List: 1

All of the following are weaknesses of the above argument EXCEPT that

  • A it makes generalizations concerning the status of women in general based on the plight of a single group of women
  • B it draws conclusions from statistical evidence that the data may not support
  • C it disregards efforts being made by some employers to end job discrimination within their own firms
  • D it fails to fully consider possible remedies other than the one proposed
  • E it ignores other possible explanations for the cited difference in average salaries

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