In the island country jambalaya, a debate is on about the gender wage gap among factory workers in the economy. the women's leadership foundation (wlf), a feminist group, attributes the difference in wages to gender discrimination in the workplace. when asked to comment on this claim, bill liamor, the spokesperson for the chamber of commerce, clearly stated in a press meet that this was not the case. according to him, manufacturing firms in jambalaya were fair and did not discriminate on the basis of gender.  

which of the following, if true, would weaken the wlf's argument?

a. most industries in jambalaya are capital-intensive.
b. over the past fifty years, the divorce rate in jambalaya has increased and now stands at 48.5%.
c. the government is undertaking a new program to increase the number of women workers who are affiliated with labor unions in jambalaya.
d. recently, a study showed that a large proportion of workers in the informal economy in jambalaya arewomen.
e. most manufacturing firms in jambalaya use the piece-rate system of payment for workers.