"As I passed through a stormy adolescence to a stormy maturity, femininity increasingly became an exasperation, a brilliant subtle esthetic that was bafflingly inconsistent at the same time that it was minutely, demandingly concrete, a rigid code of appearance and behavior defined by do’s and don’t-do’s that went against my rebellious grain. Femininity was a challenge thrown down to the female sex, a challenge no proud, self-respecting young woman could afford to ignore, particularly one with enormous ambition that she nursed in secret, alternately feeding or starving its inchoate life in tremendous confusion."

Question: In the second paragraph, the author defines femininity as a “challenge” primarily to support which of the following points?
ng according to the demands of femininity was her primary ambition as an adolescent.
A. Behaving according to the demands of femininity was her primary ambition as an adolescent.
B. Reconciling the demands of femininity with her ambition presented difficulties.

C. Ignoring the demands of femininity was easier for her than fulfilling them.

D. Fulfilling the demands of femininity was at times risky for her.

E. Understanding the demands of femininity was harder for her than for her peers.