Which sexual theory asserts that cultures shape and constrain the forms sexuality takes?
a. ?Collectivist theory
b. Cultural function theory
c. Social construction theory
d. Essentialism
c. Social construction theory
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The thickest bones of the brain case and the largest brow ridges are found in the genus:
A. Australopithecus B. B.Paranthropus C. Aegyptopithecus D. Homo
The creation of home bases may have increased the likelihood of ________
a. communities b. social gatherings c. dependant young d. food sharing
In South Sudan, a Nuer woman can marry a woman if her father has only daughters but no male heirs. This is done to maintain the patrilineage. The "wife" has sex with one or more men until she gets pregnant. The children born are then accepted as the offspring of both the female husband and the wife. What is important in this example is
A. the fact that only same-sex marriages are recognized in patrilineal societies. B. social rather than biological paternity, again illustrating how kinship is socially constructed. C. how biology overrides culture regardless of human intentions. D. how often marriage is simply about property. E. that it illustrates how romantic love is both universal and complicated.
Key metaphors can shape the larger culture of a group
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.