According to Dorothy Smith,the "whistling woman" represents

A) social relations between men and women.
B) women's position within the academic academy.
C) sexual harassment.
D) women who challenge the existing patriarchal social order.

Dorothy Smith uses the metaphor of the "whistling woman" to describe women who challenge the existing patriarchal social order and disrupt traditional gender roles. These women are often viewed as deviant and are met with hostility and resistance from those who benefit from the existing power structures. The metaphor highlights the need for feminist theory to challenge and transform dominant paradigms and provide new ways of understanding social relations between men and women.