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D. El empleo: La búsqueda de trabajo. You and your friend Juanito just graduated from OSU and are talking about the job search. First, read each statement. Then, complete the sentence by selecting the word from the dropdown menu that best completes the sentence. If none of the answers are correct, select ninguna de las anteriores. (1 pt. each; 7 pts. total) MODELO: Juanito: Por fin, ¡nos graduamos! Ahora tenemos que buscar trabajo en los avisos clasificados del Columbus Dispatch.   Yo: Espero conseguir un trabajo en Nationwide porque (1) [1] son muy buenos. La empresa ofrece un seguro médico a bajo precio, un plan de retiro y un horario flexible.    Juanito: ¡Qué bien! Gracias a que hice prácticas en empresa (internship), tengo (2) [2] perfectas para trabajar en cualquier lugar. Quiero encontrar (3) [3], o una posición, con L Brands porque (4) [4] siempre es muy bueno; pagan mucho más que otros negocios.    Yo: Es verdad. Quiero trabajar para una empresa con (5) [blank5], u objetivos, similares a las mías.    Juanito: Estoy de acuerdo en que eso es algo muy importante. Quiero un trabajo que me guste mucho porque detesto (6) [blank6] muchas solicitudes de empleo con mis datos personales.    Yo: Las solicitudes no me importan, pero odio (7) [blank7] porque no me gusta hablar solo con el jefe para conseguir el trabajo. ¡Es demasiada presión!

How is prejudice different from discrimination?

Three part question. a. What are the codes of gender? b. Why do they exist? c. What are the consequences? 

The Intersex Society of North America recommends that “surgeries done to make the genitals look ‘more normal’ should not be performed until a child is mature enough to make an informed decision for herself or himself.” Why is this advice necessary, given that doctors would usually try to involve a patient in their treatment?

Children become aware of their own gender

Many people agree that while race should not be relevant to life chances, because of historic racism it is relevant because it’s highly predictive of how a person’s life is likely to be. How could we effectively address the predictiveness of race so that the colour of a person’s skin doesn’t correlate with opportunity? 

The 2000 Census was the first time that Americans were allowed to __________ when identifying their race.

What theory suggests that any kind of categorization is outmoded and limiting?

As used in this sentence “They did this so unobtrusively that only in retrospect did I realize they had done so.” (last sentence of paragraph 3) the word unobtrusively means

“No pushy salesperson bothers any patron.” (first sentence of paragraph 5) The above sentence is a statement of