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. the population pressure on strategic resources is relaxed.
E. household productivity is decreased by polygyny, because a man must provide for more than one wife.
Answer: A
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