Question

Chuck is a highly ambitious graduate student who does not intend to let anything get in the way of excelling in each of his classes and graduating at the top of his class. When he learns that the professor for one of his course modules is an attractive young woman, he opts for a different module. He believes that attractive women cannot be good educators. Chuck’s attitude toward attractive women best illustrates:

Answer 1

Chuck's attitude toward attractive women best illustrates a gender stereotype.

Step-by-step explanation:

Gender stereotypes are characteristics, that are mostly veiwed as negative, that society associates with being a man or a woman and thus, generalizes such characteristics to all men or to all women. These stereotypes can dictate actions and are commonly the base for sexism. There are a lot of gender stereotypes regarding women, Chuck's belief, that attractive women cannot be good educators, is one of them, that links a woman's physical appearance to her intellectual capacity.