In American Culture, Closing One Eye Quickly but Not the Other

Multiple Choice

In American culture, closing one eye quickly but not the other ("winking") can indicate a joke, flirtation, or a lie. The ambiguity of this gesture illustrates that

A) symbolic meanings are so unstable as to be nearly impossible to understand
B) symbolic meanings vary from culture to culture
C) symbolic meanings must be understood in the context of interactions and relationships
D) symbolic meanings change over time