instruction:
You need to answer a given question containing a blank (_). Your answer must be one of the two objects mentioned in the question, for example "trophy" and "suitcase". Your answer must not contain a word that is not present in the question. Please don't use articles (e.g., the, a) before the answer.
question:
In an effort to reduce injury, the company has started requiring lifting straps for both men and women.  _ have been hurt more because they don't use them.
answer:
men


question:
There was a journal and a book on the nightstand. I picked up the _ to continue writing from where I left off.
answer:
journal


question:
To keep it an elegant affair, the event organizers forbade hats but allowed scarfs, as the _ were perceived as unseemly.
answer:

hats