Women who are independent, aggressive, and unemotional
may be considered "unhealthy," while women who show the opposite traits, such as being vain, emotional, dependent, and irrational (all "feminine" traits in our culture) may be classified as having a dependent personality disorder. This example of the gender bias in judging normality
a. occurs because women are genetically predisposed to emotional dysfunction more so than are men.
b. occurs because the standards we set for males are higher than those for females.
c. occurs because the standards for judging normality tend to be based on males.
d. occurred in the 1950s but does not occur today.
ANSWER: c
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