The biological nature of men and women [should be seen] not as a narrow enclosure limiting the human organism, but rather as a broad base upon which a variety of structures can be built.
a. This statement reflects an idea that is a cultural generality, but not a cultural universal
b. This passage reflects the predominant anthropological position on sex-gender roles and biology.
c. The basic assumptions in this passage are threatened by new medical technologies.
d. This passage is culturally ethnocentric.
e. This statement reflects ideas on gender and sex that ignore over fifty years of ethnographic evidence.
Ans: a. This statement reflects an idea that is a cultural generality, but not a cultural universal
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