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DQuestion 5 10 pts What is Mala Htun\'s reasoning for why ethnicity-based politi

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DQuestion 5 10 pts What is Mala Htun's reasoning for why ethnicity-based political groups are more likely to form than gender-based political groups? e Ethnicity-based groups do not alienate the other half of the electorate like gender-based groups do. O Ethnicity-based groups face more discrimination than gender-based groups. O Ethnicity tends to coincide with other forms of cleavages, whereas gender tends to crosscut them. O Ethnicity tends to crosscut with other forms of cleavages, whereas gender tends to coincide with them.

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The correct choice is : Ethnicity tends to coincide with other forms of clevages, whereas gender tends to crosscut them.

Explanation : - Ethnic quotas tend to be found in the form of reserved seats whereas gender quotas tend to be found in the form of candidate quotas in political parties, because ethnic identities intersect with partisan clevages in many ways, whereas gender crosscuts political boundaries.