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Economic Effects on Society
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Why does Gilman say women historically show less "organizability" — capacity to combine and act collectively — than men?
A
Because women are naturally less intelligent than men
B
Men's economic interests are common and force cooperation; women's economic interests are individual and competitive, since each must secure a husband's support alone, like savages competing in a forest for scarce food
C
Because religious institutions actively forbade women from organizing
D
Because women prefer solitary work to collaborative work by temperament
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