A century ago,relatively few U.S.women worked for pay outside the home.Today,nearly half the U.S.workforce is female.This best illustrates a dramatic shift in

A) gender identity.
B) primary sex characteristics.
C) gender roles.
D) secondary sex characteristics.

Gender Roles

Societal norms dictating what types of behaviors are generally considered acceptable, appropriate, or desirable for a person based on their actual or perceived sex.

Workforce

The group of people who are employed or available for employment, either in a specific region or in a specific industry.

Gender Identity

An individual's personal sense of their own gender, which may or may not correspond to the sex assigned at birth, and can be different from societal expectations.