Suppose That You See a Student Who Always Runs Up

question 68

Multiple Choice

Suppose that you see a student who always runs up in front of women in order to open the heavy steel doors for them. He remarks that "those doors are so heavy that I would never want a woman to hurt herself trying to open one!" This is an example of_____ .

• A) hostile sexism
• B) benevolent sexism
• C) institutional sexism
• D) cross-gender sexism

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