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Among societies exhibiting the patrilineal-patrilocal complex in highland Papua New Guinea,
 
  A. women remain the primary producers of subsistence crops.
  B. women govern the extra-domestic distribution of prestige items.
  C. women fear contacts, including sexual intercourse, with men.
  D. household productivity is decreased by polygyny, because a man must provide for more than one wife.
  E. the population pressure on strategic resources is relaxed.

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If a patriarchy is a political system ruled by men, what would a matriarchy bea political system ruled by women? Anthropologist Peggy Reeves Sanday, who investigated these questions among the Minangkabau of West Sumatra, found that
 
  A. true matriarchies do not exist.
  B. women in matriarchies see their male counterparts as being inferior.
  C. women of newer generations are experimenting with new ideas of gender roles.
  D. the Minangkabau matriarchy is not the equivalent of female rule because of their belief that decision making should be by consensus.
  E. although Minangkabau women play a central role in their culture's social, economic, and ceremonial life, they are still regarded as having lower status than men.



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: A

Answer to Question 2

Answer: D




silviawilliams41

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Reply 2 on: Aug 11, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


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Wow, this really help

 

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