John recently received his semester grades and found that he had failed two courses. He says the reason he failed the two courses is that they were taught by female professors. John believes that women are really not smart enough to teach at the college level. In this example,the female professors are most likely ________.
A)scapegoats and being blamed for John's grades
B)being discriminatory toward John
C)not smart enough to teach in a college
D)prejudiced against John because he is male

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John is scapegoating the female professors and blaming them for his poor grades, rather than taking responsibility for his own performance in the courses. He is making a generalized and sexist assumption that women are not smart enough to teach at the college level, which is both unfounded and discriminatory. The answer is not B, C, or D because there is no evidence to suggest that the female professors were discriminatory towards John, not smart enough to teach in a college, or prejudiced against him because he is male.

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