Ashanti is overwhelmed with her college workload and her responsibilities at her part-time job. In addition, her father recently had surgery and Ashanti is helping with his caretaking. Ashanti's economics professor tells her she looks tired and offers to help with her multiple challenges by reducing the class requirements for her as well as grading her work with a bit less scrutiny. The professor's offer is an example of __________.
a. kindness
b. benevolent sexism
c. gender bias
d. hostile sexism