Avaya Was Three Days Old When Her Mother Took Her

Avaya was three days old when her mother took her to a piercing salon to have her ears pierced. According to the text, to what socially constructed perceptions and expectations was her mother responding?

A) Infant girls often have very few distinguishing female features and it is important that people be able to respond to either a male or female child appropriately.
B) Social learning theory suggest that parents teach their children from the earliest of moments what is attached to their gender at birth.
C) Desensitization theory suggests that seeing the pierced earing in her ears from an early age will desensitize the child to the possibility of fear during future medical or dental treatment.
D) Gendered treatment begins very early in a child's life and reflects the gendering that individuals will face later in educational, occupational, and economic situations.