The Behaviors Encouraged in Sports-Where Boys Are Rewarded for Competitiveness

The behaviors encouraged in sports-where boys are rewarded for competitiveness and girls are often encouraged to play nicely-reflect what aspect of a larger cultural framework?

A) the construction and maintenance of gender roles in a society
B) the manner in which gender roles reverse during adolescence and later become normalized
C) the way in which sexual dimorphism is a natural part of our society
D) the importance of sport in the American cultural imagination