What Do You Know About Women's Equality

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    Women and men are paid equally in all areas.

    • True
    • False
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What Do You Know About Women
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How much do you know about your rights as a woman, today in 2010?

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  • 2. 

    Over 30 percent of jobs in the army, including combat positions, cannot be held by women.

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. True
    Explanation
    Women can not be cooks, nurses, typists or anything in an infantry, armor or field-artillery battalions or to any short-range air defense, special forces or combat-engineer companies.

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  • 3. 

    Women must have higher achievements than men in order to be accepted to certain colleges.

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. True
    Explanation
    With the percentages of women to men acceptance rates at such a high difference, in order for a woman to be accepted her achievements must be at a higher level then a man's. If women and men were accepted at the same percentages, women would outnumber men 2 to 1, therefore more men are being accepted into the nations top universities.

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  • 4. 

    There is a higher percentage of males being accepted into colleges and universities today.

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. True
    Explanation
    Women make up over half of the college student population, so college admissions officers have begun to accept a higher of percentage of men than women in order to "even the playing field."

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  • 5. 

    Which right of pregnant women is not protected by the Pregnancy Discrimination Act?

    • Your employer cannot fire you because you are pregnant.

    • You are allowed to work as long as you can perform your job.

    • Your employer must give you paid leave of absence.

    • Your employer cannot force you to take mandatory maternity leave.

    Correct Answer
    A. Your employer must give you paid leave of absence.
    Explanation
    It is not mandatory for an employer to give a pregnant woman paid leave of absence. It depends on the company's policies.

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    Which career types have the largest gap between women and men workers?

    • Educational fields

    • Science fields

    • Medical fields

    • Business fields

    Correct Answer
    A. Science fields
    Explanation
    There are many more men in the field of science than women.

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    Which is not a reason that the government keeps women from combat positions in the army?

    • Women lack courage and mental toughness.

    • Women lack the physical strength needed for ground combat.

    • Captured women could possibly be raped.

    • Women will chicken out when tough situations occur.

    Correct Answer
    A. Women will chicken out when tough situations occur.
    Explanation
    The reason that the government keeps women from combat positions in the army is not because women will chicken out when tough situations occur. This answer is incorrect because it perpetuates a stereotype that women are not capable of handling difficult or challenging situations. It is important to recognize that courage, mental toughness, physical strength, and the risk of sexual assault are not gender-specific traits or concerns, and should not be used as reasons to exclude women from combat positions.

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  • 8. 

    Women lie about sexual assault because they feel guilty.

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. False
    Explanation
    Women rarely make false reports about sexual assault. In fact, it is a vastly under-reported crime.

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  • 9. 

    About 1 in every ____ women will be sexually assaulted.

    • 2

    • 5

    • 10

    • 6

    Correct Answer
    A. 6
    Explanation
    About 1 in every 6 women will be sexually assaulted, whereas about 1 in every 33 men will be sexually assaulted.

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  • 10. 

    A woman can take up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave if...(check all that apply)

    • She has been employed by the company for at least a year

    • She works at least 25 hours a week

    • There is someone else to do her job

    • The company employs 50 or more workers within a 75-mile radius

    Correct Answer(s)
    A. She has been employed by the company for at least a year
    A. She works at least 25 hours a week
    A. The company employs 50 or more workers within a 75-mile radius

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