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jeatrice

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Among horticulturalists with matrilineal descent and matrilocality,
 
  A. women tend to have high status, but only within the domestic sphere.
  B. gender and sex become indistinguishable.
  C. female status tends to be high.
  D. women rarely inherit any property and are therefore at a disadvantage in comparison to their brothers.
  E. women leaders are only symbolic, because men tend to have the true decision-making power.

Question 2

This chapter's discussion on recurrent gender patterns stresses that
 
  A. it is the role of industrialized nations to correct patterns that are immoral.
  B. the United Nations should become more involved in reversing these patterns.
  C. exceptions to cross-cultural generalizations may involve societies or individuals.
  D. these patterns are universals rather than generalities.
  E. these generalities are based on bad data, because the studies did not use randomized sampling.



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: C

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Answer: C





 

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