Pyke and Johnson Apply a Social Constructionist Perspective on Gender

question 85

Multiple Choice

Pyke and Johnson apply a social constructionist perspective on gender that sees gender as_____.

• A) the result of innate biological differences between women and men, and therefore consistent across racial/ethnic boundaries
• B) the result of interactional performances that are interpreted with gendered and racialized meanings
• C) unchanging across the different interactional settings of a person's life
• D) less important than race in shaping an individual's experience

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