Lawson wanted to learn ballet dancing, and he approached an institution which teaches ballet dancing. He was informed by the authorities that ballet dancing was solely for women and the institution did not enroll him. This is an example of discrimination in terms of _____.
A)organizational plurality
B)behavioral diversity
C)surfacelevel diversity
D)deeplevel diversity
E)egodriven heterogeneity

Question

Lawson wanted to learn ballet dancing, and he approached an institution which teaches ballet dancing. He was informed by the authorities that ballet dancing was solely for women and the institution did not enroll him. This is an example of discrimination in terms of _____.
A)organizational plurality
B)behavioral diversity
C)surface­level diversity
D)deep­level diversity
E)ego­driven heterogeneity

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This is an example of discrimination based on surface-level diversity, which refers to differences that are immediately observable, such as gender, age, race or ethnicity. In this case, Lawson was discriminated against based on his gender, as ballet dancing is typically associated with females.

Lawson Wanted to Learn Ballet Dancing, and He Approached an Institution