Identify a key point stated by symbolic interactionists about gender and sexuality.

A. Gender roles are complementary, equally important for a society's survival, and affect human capital.
B. Women and men have distinct roles that ensure a family's and society's survival.
C. Gender roles give men power to control women's lives.
D. Gender is a social construction that emerges and is reinforced through everyday interactions.
E. Many men use violence-including sexual harassment, rape, and global sex trafficking-to control women's sexuality.


Answer: D

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