When Don, who is an openly gay man, meets Mehmet, Mehmet automatically assumes that Don must also know Rick, Mehmet's gay residence-hall director. Mehmet's tendency to assume that Don and Rick would probably know each other can be described as __________

a) sexist
b) polarization
c) assertiveness
d) heterosexist


Answer: d

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