Question

Which points from the passage provide valid support for Warren's argument that wage discrimination negatively affects women?

Select Valid Reasoning for points that support her argument. Select Invalid Reasoning for points that fail to support her argument.

Valid Reasoning Invalid Reasoning
Women today still
earn a third less of * *
every dollar a man
earns.

The Paycheck Fairness
Act would ensure that * *
differences in salaries
arebased on differences
in jobs.

More women go to college
than men, but unequal pay * *
makes it harder for women to
pay back student loans.

Members of the Senate
have repeatedly blocked * *
voting on the Paycheck
Fairness Act.

More middle-class
families rely on two * *
incomes for survival.

Answer 1

This points from the passage provide a valid support for Warren's argument that wage discrimination negatively affects women:

Valid Reasonings:

Women today still earn a third less of every dollar a man earns.

The paycheck Fairness Act would ensure that differences in salaries are based on difference in jobs.

More women go to college than men, but unequal pay makes it harder for women to pay back student loans.

Invalid Reasonings:

Members of the Senate have repeatedly blocked voting on the Paycheck Fairness Act.

More middle-class families rely on two incomes for survival.