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I absolutely share sahilmalhotra01 consideration about choice D. Please explain. Thanks.
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I agree with the concerns raised about option D, it should be modified, because women and men at work in the passage are assumed to be equal. But option D compares people who spend different time at work, so why should they get equal benefits?
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D cannot be correct. For parallel reasoning, as per CR Bible, 'will' in option D is not parallel to 'should' in the passage.
In short the passage merely suggests cancellation, whereas Option D uses 'will', which is extreme.
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D cannot be correct. For parallel reasoning, as per CR Bible, 'will' in option D is not parallel to 'should' in the passage.
In short the passage merely suggests cancellation, whereas Option D uses 'will', which is extreme.
Any thoughts?

I did not select D for the same reason. Can some one please explain this?
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I think this is a high-quality question and I agree with explanation. Both Situations,the question & the option D have a similar structure wrt to CHOICE of the persons considered. Both sets give the freedom of Choice to persons ,of whether to work full or half time or to dress as they like.
Also, the Situation is not structurally unfair as in other options & is dependent on person.
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It's so sad that I was right. It's so demoralizing that the GMAT author continuously puts down a female without any justified reason.

(Yes, I'm referring to this question that GMATClub created:

In order to find out the effect of computer gaming on 'cognitive flexibility' – ability to switch between tasks – researchers recruited two groups having equal number of volunteers. One group played a real-time strategy game, which requires frequent decision making and high level of organising skills, while the other a life-simulation game, which does not require much memory or many tactics. The two groups played their respective games for at least forty hours over six weeks. Each of the following may be important to know before arriving at a conclusion regarding the influence of playing computer games on cognitive flexibility except)

So far, 3 questions in total that purely puts down female, solely on their gender.
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­Anyone can explain the option "E" ? why it is not correct, as per reasoning out-of-state students are losing side (they have to pay twice)? please explain 
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It's so sad that I was right. It's so demoralizing that the GMAT author continuously puts down a female without any justified reason.

(Yes, I'm referring to this question that GMATClub created:

In order to find out the effect of computer gaming on 'cognitive flexibility' – ability to switch between tasks – researchers recruited two groups having equal number of volunteers. One group played a real-time strategy game, which requires frequent decision making and high level of organising skills, while the other a life-simulation game, which does not require much memory or many tactics. The two groups played their respective games for at least forty hours over six weeks. Each of the following may be important to know before arriving at a conclusion regarding the influence of playing computer games on cognitive flexibility except)

So far, 3 questions in total that purely puts down female, solely on their gender.
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This question was written by a brilliant woman test writer with a very high score. I am very open to changing this question but I think she was just poking fun at things being bored stiff writing GMAT questions not trying to raise social issues but what do I know I am just an old man 🤷‍♂️­
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­Anyone can explain the option "E" ? why it is not correct, as per reasoning out-of-state students are losing side (they have to pay twice)? please explain 
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The argument states that since Group A is not being treated as fairly as Group B, then the overall offering shoudl be removed. It does not say that both groups should be treated equally or a solution should be reached, rather the solution is to eliminate the offering completely. 

Answer choice E is trying to solve the problem by making both groups pay the same amount rather than cancel the whole thing.

To make E correct, the answer choice would have to say that since out of state students pay more than in-state, then college should be canceled, denying the benfit entirely to the in-state students. That is the paralel reasoning. ­

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