Each of the following are arguments made by Sherry Ortner to explain what she perceived as the universal subordination of women except:

a. ?women are more closely associated with nature than men because of their bodies and reproductive roles.
b. ?women became subordinated following colonization, and this is the result of a woman’s place in a state society.
c. ?women are more closely related with the domestic sphere and not with relations outside the family.
d. women have a natural bond with their children, and this places them more closely in the domain of nature.


ANSWER:
b

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