Introduction

Imagine yourself in this scene: You arrive at your college's psychological laboratory for an experiment, and are directed to sit at a table with three other introductory psychology students. Your group receives a list of 15 men and 15 women from different occupations, and you are told that you must agree on which 12 of these 30 people would be best suited for survival on a deserted island.

During the discussion, one of the male group members injects three sexist statements:

In response to another confederate's nominating an athlete/trainer, he says "Yeah, we definitely need to keep the women in shape."

When his turn to speak comes, he ponders whom to nominate: "Let me see, maybe a chef? No, one of the women can cook."

Later he nominates a female musician, noting "I think we need more women on the island to keep the men satisfied."

As a fellow discussant, how would you react?