Traditional male dominance and authority over women has been enforced by
A) control of rituals and ritual objects.
B) control of property and wealth.
C) socialization of girls into subordinate roles.
D) control of sexuality.
E) all of the above.
E
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A) paralanguage B) metalanguage C) symbolic language D) body language
Why is hair color not considered a cultural trait?
A) Hair color may be shared by most members of a culture, but it is not a learned trait. B) There are many different colors of hair within one culture. C) People learn which hair colors are preferred, but they cannot change their hair color. D) Hair color is neither learned nor shared throughout the culture.
With unilineal descent, sex with cross cousins is proper, but sex with parallel cousins is considered incestuous. Why?
A. Cross cousins are considered closer relatives than all other kin. B. Cross cousins are actually parallel cousins. C. Parallel cousins are considered closer relatives than cross cousins. D. This behavior is a human universal explained by Freud's theory of attempt and contempt. E. Societies with unilineal descent share a gene that impedes them from developing sexual urges for parallel cousins.
Which of the following statements about U.S. racial categories is true?
A. U.S. racial categories are based on global racial categories that vary little among societies. B. U.S. racial categories are based on genetics, whereas Japan's are based upon undemonstrated descent. C. U.S. racial categories are biologically valid, as demonstrated by the Phipps case in 1970s Louisiana. D. U.S. racial categories are culturally arbitrary, even though most people assume them to be based in biology. E. U.S. racial categories are applied to endogamous breeding populations.