Among societies exhibiting the patrilineal-patrilocal complex in highland Papua New Guinea,

A. women remain the primary producers of subsistence crops.
B. women govern the extra-domestic distribution of prestige items.
C. women fear contacts, including sexual intercourse, with men.
D. household productivity is decreased by polygyny, because a man must provide for more than one wife.
E. the population pressure on strategic resources is relaxed.


Answer: A

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