When Suzanne Pogell wanted to learn to sail,she could find no one to teach her because men were the ones who sailed,and women were their crew. She finally did convince someone to teach her to sail,and after mastering sailing,she started an all-woman sailing school,called Womanship,as a sole proprietorship. By creating her own business,Pogell overcame a type of problem while creating a different version of the same problem. What type of problem was it?
A)disability discrimination
B)external locus of control
C)age discrimination
D)gender discrimination

Question

When Suzanne Pogell wanted to learn to sail,she could find no one to teach her because men were the ones who sailed,and women were their crew. She finally did convince someone to teach her to sail,and after mastering sailing,she started an all-woman sailing school,called Womanship,as a sole proprietorship. By creating her own business,Pogell overcame a type of problem while creating a different version of the same problem. What type of problem was it?
A)disability discrimination  
B)external locus of control  
C)age discrimination  
D)gender discrimination

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The problem that Suzanne Pogell faced was gender discrimination. Men were considered the ones who sailed, and women were not seen as capable of sailing. Pogell overcame this problem by starting an all-women sailing school, but in doing so, she created a different version of the same problem by segregating women from men in sailing.

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