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