Gender May Be Considered an Achieved Status as Well as an Ascribed

question 120

Multiple Choice

Gender may be considered an achieved status as well as an ascribed status for all of the following reasons, except:

• A) gender is socially constructed.
• B) people enact their gender through behaviors and appearance.
• C) some people transition in some way from the sex into which they were born.
• D) gender and sex are unique concepts.

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