A firm promotes men to higher positions than women despite women performing better at the workplace. This is because the company believes that women need to balance tasks at home and work, which makes it difficult for them to take up positions of increased responsibility. This is an example of .
a. reverse discrimination
b. affirmative action
c. the self-fulfilling prophecy
d. sex discrimination

The correct answer is letter "D": sex discrimination.

Explanation:

Sex discrimination occurs in the face of any distinction between men and women who assume that one of the two is better than the other. There is a range of features conceived by stereotyping that could lead a person to provide benefits to a male, such as "women are weak" or to females, such as men are not sensitive enough to work nursing babies.  

Sex discrimination is prohibited in any form whatsoever. In the U.S., the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is in charge of reviewing and enforcing laws produced for any type of discrimination at work because of judging people based on their race, color, religion, age, disability, nationality, sexual preference or sex.

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