Question

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 ________.

A)scapegoats and being blamed for John's grades

B)being discriminatory toward John

C)probably not smart enough to teach in a college

D)prejudiced against John because he is male

Answer 1

A) scapegoats and being blamed for John's grades

Step-by-step explanation:

There is no scientific proof that female Professor teach better or worse than their male counterparts or are not smart enough as they have got a doctorate so they must be smart and intelligent in that field. Also, it cannot be said that they are being discriminatory or prejudiced towards John as in that case all male or similar ethnicity students would have failed in both courses. The most logical conclusion in this case is that John is trying to make the female Professors a scapegoat and is blaming them for his own bad grades and bad academic performance.