How do Alice Kehoe and Dody Giletti explain the observation that, cross-culturally, women are more often believed to be possessed than are men?

A) Women are more likely than men to suffer from nutritional deficiencies.
B) Women are more susceptible to suggestion than men.
C) There are many more women than men in most religious communities.
D) In most cultures, supernatural beings or forces are believed to favor women over men.


A) Women are more likely than men to suffer from nutritional deficiencies.

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