Research on gender prejudice and discrimination indicates that
A) the majority of the world's children without basic schooling are boys.
B) in most countries men and women share equally in the duties of child raising.
C) people perceive their fathers as more intelligent than their mothers despite gender equality in intelligence scores.
D) there is little evidence that females are more likely to be aborted than males.

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Research has consistently shown that despite there being no significant difference in intelligence scores between genders, societal perceptions often favor the intelligence of males over females. This bias is reflected in how people, on average, perceive their fathers as more intelligent than their mothers, highlighting a form of gender prejudice.

Research on Gender Prejudice and Discrimination Indicates That