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does the speaker provide sufficient evidence to prove her point that a wage gap exists?

a. no, because although she provides statistics, she doesn't show that the difference in earnings is caused by intentional discrimination.

b. no, because although she provides statistics, she doesn't specify the different kinds of jobs to which the statistics refer.

c. yes, because she presents multiple statistics that indicate a clear distinction between men's and women's earnings.

d. yes, because most of the audience's experience would support the statistics in real life.

I think that the answer is:

C. Yes, because she presents multiple statistics that indicate a clear distinction between men's and women's earnings.

Does the speaker provide sufficient evidence to prove her point that a wage gap exists?

Yes, because she presents multiple statistics that indicate a clear distinction between men's and women's earnings.

Explanation:

The excerpt presents several statistic evidence about work situations where women have been working in the same way as men but received less benefit for their work, having specific information that can be demonstrated as true in numbers give total support to prove the point this woman has made in her statement.

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themselves

an intensive pronoun is a pronoun that ends in self or selves, such as himself, herself, themselves, yourself, ourselves. since band members is a third person plural, the correct intensive pronoun would be themselves. if the band was talked about as a collective noun, itself would be the appropriate intensive pronoun. intensive pronouns are used to add emphasis to the noun it's modifying which is why it directly follows it.