According to Shandy and Moe in "Negotiating Work and Family in America," ethnographic research about the Inuit people of the Arctic indicates that the males

a. share responsibility with the females for providing the animal protein to the
community.
b. provide virtually all of the food needs by hunting seals, walruses, whales, and fish.
c. forage for edible plants in addition to providing the community with necessary animal
protein.
d. and females work to meet their own individual needs for food.


Correct Answer: b

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