A popular research technique to identify the prejudices that people don't want to admit is to send identical resumes to potential employers. A research team also created fake Facebook pages to represent some of those fake resumes. They found that
a. in liberal states, potential employers were less likely to give interviews to women.
b. in conservative states, potential employers were less interested in interviewing gay men or lesbians.
c. in conservative states, Muslim applicants were less likely to get an interview.
d. in liberal states, men were less likely to get an interview than women.
Answer: C
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