Correct. The answer is a. To validate her claim that urban industrialism transformed the interactions between young men and women of the working classes, the author describes the practice of “treating,” in which men paid for their female companions’ participation in commercialized entertainment, but expected sexual payback.
Incorrect. The answer is a. To validate her claim that urban industrialism transformed the interactions between young men and women of the working classes, the author describes the practice of “treating,” in which men paid for their female companions’ participation in commercialized entertainment, but expected sexual payback.