Rhonda Sutherland worked hard to receive a promotion. She has led several seminars at which four vice presidents had an opportunity to observe her in action and hear her communications capabilities. When the vice presidents met to select a candidate for promotion, they all felt that Sutherland and two other women could not satisfactorily handle the position because they were not macho enough. The vice presidents were displaying __________.

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The vice presidents were displaying stereotyping by assuming that Rhonda Sutherland and the two other women could not handle the position based on their not being "macho enough," which is a gender-based stereotype.

Rhonda Sutherland Worked Hard to Receive a Promotion