The text fears that __________ could follow the same path as Iran due to its relationship between religion and politics

Which statement accurately reflects the relationship between direct discrimination and comparable worth?

a. Comparable worth is an approach to closing the earnings gap, viewed as not primarily a product of direct discrimination, that argues that pay levels for traditionally male and traditionally female jobs should be equalized by paying equally all jobs that are "worth about the same" to an employer. b. The earnings gap is primarily a product of direct discriminationâ€"a division in the labor market between traditionally male and female jobs known as comparable worth. c. Advocates of comparable worth argue that governmental agencies or the courts should evaluate traditionally male and female jobs to determine how to end direct discrimination. d. Comparable worth goes beyond paying men and women equally for the same work and calls for the end of direct discrimination in setting wages.

An individual is prohibited from registering to vote because he/she was convicted of a serious crime. This is an example of ______.

a. suffrage requirements b. illegal disenfranchisement c. potential voter fraud d. felon disenfranchisement