In Hua society, where sexual differences are explained by the life-giving substance nu, post-menopausal women are permitted to live in the men’s house. Why is this?
a. Their position as mothers gives them this right, despite the dangers posed to men.
b. They are cherished for the wisdom their age brings.
c. A life of childbirth and menstruation are believed to have purged them of most of their ?nu?.
d. They are believed to have special supernatural powers stemming from their concentrated nu.
ANSWER:
c
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