The Behaviors Encouraged in Sports-Where Boys Are Rewarded for Competitiveness

question 46

Multiple Choice

The behaviors encouraged in sports-where boys are rewarded for competitiveness and girls are encouraged to play quietly-reflect:

• A) societal adult gender roles.
• B) gender roles that reverse during adolescence, when boys begin to play quietly and girls become more competitive.
• C) the natural result of sexual dimorphism.
• D) primary sex characteristics.
• E) nothing meaningful; it is just sports.

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