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A gym buys uniforms for its employees. all of the uniforms are in a men's large, and the gym hires only people who will comfortably fit into the uniforms. as a result of this policy, the gym does not hire any women. this would be an example of:

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institutional discrimination
Institutionalized discrimination refers to the unjust and discriminatory mistreatment of an individual or group of individuals by society and its institutions as a whole, through unequal selection or bias, intentional or unintentional; as opposed to individuals making a conscious choice to discriminate.
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