A client with histrionic personality disorder winks at an attractive nurse and states, "You and I should be able to turn those resident physicians into jelly if you'd wear your skirts about two inches shorter." The nurse's reply should be based on the understanding that the client's use of seductive behavior is
A. a response to stress.
B. based on a need to dominate.
C. seated in primitive rage.
D. callous disregard for others.