Which of the Following Best Describes How Gender Rules Work

question 4

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes how gender rules work?

• A) Gender rules allow for few exceptions and usually carry serious penalties when they are broken.
• B) People who strictly follow a single set of unambiguous gender rules are usually considered the ideal man or woman of their society.
• C) We stop doing gender whenever we break gender rules.
• D) Sometimes we break gender rules because it is impossible to follow them, no matter how hard we try.

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