Diana Is Up for Promotion to Sales Manager at West

Diana is up for promotion to Sales Manager at West Coast Products.The company presently has 12 female sales managers and ten male sales managers.Diana is turned down for the promotion and,in explaining this,the company president tells her that although she is generally well qualified,she is too aggressive and acts too much like a man.The president also says to Diana,"It's not because you are a woman.Obviously this company has nothing against women given that we have 12 women sales managers and that I,as company president,am a woman." When Diana sues West Coast Products under section VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,the court will:

A) deny recovery to Diana because she is not a member of a protected class
B) deny recovery because the company does not generally discriminate against women
C) allow recovery because Diana was turned down in part because she is a woman
D) allow recovery if Diana can prove that at least one male with her qualifications was promoted in the past
E) allow recovery only if Diana cannot obtain similar employment elsewhere