Students who attached meaning the term "fag" pulled from the cultural and gendered use of the term by their peers. This makes CJ Pascoe's study an example of

a) symbolic interaction.
b) doing gender.
c) social constructionism.
d) cultural norms.


ANS: a

Sociology

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