Author Question: Judith Brown found that initiation rites for girls are more likely to occur in: a. Societies in ... (Read 86 times)

jake · **on:** Jul 10, 2018

Judith Brown found that initiation rites for girls are more likely to occur in:

a. Societies in which women hold roles of political importance.
b. Societies in which religion involves female priests.
c. Societies in which women are deeply oppressed by men.
d. Societies in which women continue to live in their mothers' houses after marriage.
e. Societies in which the avunculate is practiced.

Question 2

One piece of evidence that supports a Freudian interpretation for male rites of passage is that:

a. They occur in all societies.
b. They are more common in cultures in which boys have strong identification with their mothers.
c. The imagery used in them seems to be closely associated with dreams.
d. They involve elements of repression and reaction formation.
e. Many of the themes they express seem closely tied to the id.