Women's status in hunting-and-gathering societies is often:

a. less subordinate (more equal) than in agricultural societies
b. dominant and matriarchal
c. one of virtual slavery
d. more subordinate than in herding societies


a. less subordinate (more equal) than in agricultural societies

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