Refer to Scenario 2.How would a symbolic interactionist perspective understand Miranda's situation?
A) Miranda is doing gender with each bath she gives Max,each meal she feeds him,and in every aspect of her daily interactions as a mother.
B) Miranda's husband's unwillingness to take any responsibility for domestic work reinforces male dominance.
C) Miranda is exploited at home by patriarchy and at work by capitalism.
D) Miranda would be far better off if she had better child-care options,but in the meantime must be careful what Max is learning from her about gender roles.

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Symbolic interactionists would focus on the ways that Miranda actively constructs and performs her role as a mother in her daily interactions with her child. They would see her actions as shaping her own identity as well as reinforcing societal expectations of gender roles.