Gender may be considered an achieved status as well as an ascribed status for all of the following reasons, except:
A) gender is socially constructed.
B) people enact their gender through behaviors and appearance.
C) some people transition in some way from the sex into which they were born.
D) gender and sex are unique concepts.

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Gender and sex being unique concepts does not directly relate to the idea of gender as an achieved or ascribed status. The other options relate to how gender can be socially constructed and enacted, which aligns with the concept of achieved status.

Gender May Be Considered an Achieved Status as Well as an Ascribed