Desperate for with her computer, dana calls her fiancé, thinking that he will know what to do because he is a man, and men are natural fixers. dana's thinking in this instance is an example of

Dana's thinking in this instance is an example of "benevolent sexism".

Explanation:

Benevolent sexism refers to attitudes or behaviors that we see in men and women and it begins in an admiration of traditional gender roles. Benevolent sexism is the consequence of reasoning that all men or all women have some specific alluring characteristic, just on account of their sex. Benevolent sexism is obvious in the relational connections among men and women.