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imanialler · **on:** Jul 10, 2018

In Hua society, where sexual differences are explained by the life-giving substance nu, post-menopausal women are permitted to live in the men's house. Why is this?

a. Their position as mothers gives them this right, despite the dangers posed to men.
b. They are cherished for the wisdom their age brings.
c. A life of childbirth and menstruation are believed to have purged them of most feminine substances.
d. They are believed to have special supernatural powers stemming from their concentrated nu.

Question 2

The Hua of Papua New Guinea believe that differences between men and women are the result of differing amounts of a life-giving substance called nu. As a result of this belief

a. sexual intercourse is considered dangerous for men because it transfers nu to women.
b. women must serve food to men so that their nu may be passed to the men.
c. men and women become more different from each other over time as women acquire more nu.
d. All of these are true of the Hua beliefs about nu.