Consider the Following Three Circumstances: (1) Raul Is Walking Toward

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Multiple Choice

Consider the following three circumstances: (1) Raul 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) Raul 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) Raul 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 the above circumstances has Raul demonstrated the BEST example of benevolent sexism?

• A) circumstances #1 and #2 only
• B) circumstance #1
• C) circumstance #2
• D) circumstance #3

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