Consider the Following Three Scenarios: (1) Santiago Is Walking Toward

question 245

Multiple Choice

Consider the following three scenarios: (1) Santiago is walking toward a business office, and when he gets there, he opens the door for a woman and allows her to walk through ahead of him. (2) Santiago is walking toward a business office, and when he gets there, he opens the door for a man and a woman and allows both of them to walk through ahead of him. (3) Santiago is walking toward a business office, and when he gets there, he opens the door for a woman and allows her to walk through ahead of him, but then he walks through without holding the door for the man with whom the woman was having a conversation. In which of these scenarios has Santiago demonstrated the BEST example of benevolent sexism?

• A) scenarios #1 and #2
• B) scenario #1
• C) scenario #2
• D) scenario #3

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