Which of the following statements offers an essentialist explanation for gender differences?
A. Women find themselves in lower paying jobs with fewer opportunities for advancement because these jobs make it easier for them to balance work and family.
B. Women are overrepresented in professions such as nursing, teaching, and social work because they are inherently more nurturing and caring than men.
C. There are far fewer women professors in the hard sciences because women are encouraged to study the humanities and social sciences.
D. Women take on more responsibility for domestic tasks because men still think of these tasks as women's work.