Question

Tara's boss always calls her "Miss," but refers to his other employees by name. He also goes out of his way to hold open a door for her, and has asked her a number of times to bring in some of her fabulous cookies for the office. Tara is experiencing ________ sexism from her boss.

Answer 1

Tara is experiencing Benevolent sexism from her boss.

Step-by-step explanation:

Sexism is a form of prejudice, bias or discrimination on the basis of individual's gender. The two components of sexism are hostile sexism and benevolent sexism.

Benevolent sexism is the form of sexism which involves evaluation of gender that might appear subjectively positive but can negatively impact the confidence or performance of an individual, in this case Tara.

Therefore, Tara is experiencing Benevolent sexism from her boss.