Steroid Hormones Bind to Receptors Located in the Cytoplasm of the Cell

Steroid hormones bind to receptors located in the cytoplasm of the cell because

A) their hydrophilic properties prevent them from interacting with proteins within the plasma membrane.
B) steroid hormones never leave the cell that produces them since they act only on the gene expression in the cell that makes them.
C) they are hydrophobic and can easily diffuse through a target cell's plasma membrane.
D) they do not fit through nuclear pores and, therefore, cannot cross the nuclear membrane.