All of the following are associated with polygyny except:
a. commonly found in societies in which women do the bulk of cultivation work.
b. wives have a strong bargaining power within the household.
c. women are normally much younger than the men they marry.
d. frequently found in societies that have suffered violence and in which there are high male combat deaths.
e. shows the lower status of men than women in these societies.
ANSWER: e
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