Among some Native American groups, figures known as berdaches were biological men who assumed the behavior and tasks of women. Sometimes they married men and together they would share the products of each other's labor in the same way that different sex marriages do. This example illustrates
a: how Arizona is one of many states that recognize same sex marriages in the US
b: how, if legal, same sex marriages could easily give each spouse rights to the other spouse's labor and its products
c: the rare social phenomenon of polyandry
d: how same sex marriages make good economic sense
e: how Edmund Leach was wrong to suggest that all societies define marriage similarly
Answer: b: how, if legal, same sex marriages could easily give each spouse rights to the other spouse's labor and its products
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