Define "sexual division of labor."

What will be an ideal response?


The patterned ways in which productive activities and tasks are assigned to women versus men in a culture.

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The classification of physical characteristics serves only to label particular categories of phenomena arbitrarily selected by the researcher; thus, racial categories do not explain the reasons for the observed variation

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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Benjamin Whorf examined __________ as well as vocabulary in his studies of the Hopi language

a. grammar b. climate c. economy d. syntax

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Japanese cultural analysts such as Murakami emphasize that:

a. Japanese will always feel inferior to Americans. b. Japanese will always feel superior to Americans. c. Japanese art has little or nothing to do with non-Japanese people. d. Japan has not really come to grips with its role in World War II. e. Japanese art will only truly be successful when it is collected in American and Europe.

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Which of the following is true of the fossils of the genus Homo?

A. a pronounced and conspicuous chin B. large midfaces C. a small gap behind the third molar D. tiny incisors

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