When Compared to Women Who Cohabit, All of the Following

When compared to women who cohabit, all of the following are possible explanations for the lower risk married women have of experiencing domestic violence except

A) a selection effect by which women refuse to marry violent men.
B) cohabitating women are more likely to have been abused as children, which is associated with further abuse as an adult.
C) the increased chance men who cohabit have of being unemployed.
D) the lower degree of commitment within cohabitating unions.