According to the Text, There Is a Price of Conformity

question 36

Multiple Choice

According to the text, there is a price of conformity to gender norms. Which of these is nota negative consequence for men that results from conformity to gender roles?

• A) Gender norms discourage intimacy with other men, affecting friendships.
• B) Conformity to gender norms increases risk-taking behavior that may result in death or injury.
• C) Gender norms that demand thinness have resulted in men being diagnosed with eating orders as often as women.
• D) Traditional norms of aggressiveness can lead some men to act violently against women.

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