Why are women labeled as a minority group? a. women have only recently become recognized as being on an equal plane as men in the united states. b. women are less numerous than the american male population. c. women have played a lesser role in the economic, social, and political development of the country. d. women have suffered the same types of discrimination as minority groups.

D would be the answer to this question. Hope this helps.

affirmative action refers to the policies that take gender, race, or ethnicity into account in order to promote equal opportunity.

employers subject to title vii are prohibited from taking race or sex into account in any employment decisions. aa is a penalty for having any job group substantially statistically "underutilized" in any race or either sex. the employer must take steps to eliminate the underutilization, then stop, ending its aa efforts