In many highland Papua New Guinea patrilineal-patrilocal societies,
A. women are the primary producers of subsistence crops.
B. women govern the public distribution of prestige items.
C. women fear contacts, including sexual intercourse, with men.
D. polygyny decreases household productivity because a man must provide for more than one wife.
E. the domestic-public dichotomy is minor or nonexistent.
A
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Contemporary anthropological approaches to gender emphasize:
a. Questions about why there are so few women in anthropology. b. Explanations for universal male dominance. c. The central role of gender relations as a basic building block of culture. d. The ways in which men in many cultures feel threatened by female empowerment. e. Ways to increase women's power in contemporary society.
Selection for traits that make males more able to compete directly for females is termed:
A. intersexual selection B. intrasexual selection C. countersexual selection D. infrasexual selection
How many languages are spoken in the United States?
A 12 B 98 C 172 D 253 E 364
Many of the traits of band societies are the result of __________
a. the economic need to be nomadic b. the use of reciprocal trade relationships c. clans as the basis of kinship d. democratic decision making