The creator of this image was most likely:
a. undecided about the issue of equal rights for women.
b. a supporter of equal rights for women.
c. indifferent about the issue of equal rights for women.
d. an opponent of equal rights for women.

affirmative action refers to the policies that take gender, race, or ethnicity into account in order to promote equal opportunity.

employers subject to title vii are prohibited from taking race or sex into account in any employment decisions. aa is a penalty for having any job group substantially statistically "underutilized" in any race or either sex. the employer must take steps to eliminate the underutilization, then stop, ending its aa efforts