Gender stratification
A. is generally reduced when the domestic and public spheres are not sharply separated.
B. allows women to become more powerful as they contribute more to the domestic sphere.
C. allows women to become more powerful as they contribute less to the domestic sphere.
D. is less pronounced among agriculturalists.
E. includes societies where women control all the strategic resources.
Answer: A
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