Jennifer Had Played Basketball Since She Was Six Years Old

Jennifer had played basketball since she was six years old. After a successful middle school debut, she was asked to be a member of the high school team. Jennifer was excited and expected a hero's welcome in school the next day. Instead, she received taunts and jeers about "liking older women," Distraught, Jennifer went home and thought of what she could do. She decided to write a letter to a famous WNBA star to ask her to speak about women's athletics (and also to ask her if she faced the same demeaning behavior by others) . After only a few weeks, the WNBA star accepted and came to her school to speak. What Jennifer did was facilitate the _______ female athletes at her school.

A) construction of disidentities for
B) normalization of
C) deflection of stigma for
D) further stigmatization of