Aurora is an engineering student at a large Canadian university.She has some questions regarding one of her courses so she goes to see her professor during office hours.As she waits outside his office,she hears him engaging with a male student with whom he is patient and helpful.However,when it is her turn,he is dismissive and perfunctory,and significantly less cooperative.This is an example of

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This is an example of the chilly climate, where women are treated differently than men in academic or professional settings. The professor's behavior towards Aurora is dismissive and uncooperative, indicating a bias towards women. The correspondence principle suggests that individuals tend to behave consistently across different situations, which is not apparent in this scenario. The self-fulfilling prophecy suggests that an individual's beliefs about a situation can influence the outcome of that situation, but it does not apply here. Academic harassment is a severe form of gender discrimination and does not seem to be the case here.

Aurora Is an Engineering Student at a Large Canadian University