In gender studies, the idea of the public/private dichotomy refers to the notion that:
a. Behavior of both men and women is different in the public sphere than in the private sphere.
b. Men act differently toward women in public than they do in private.
c. Women are able to maintain more power over men if their actions are public than if they are private.
d. Private relationships between men and women are threatened by public disclosure.
e. Societies are divided into a private world dominated by women and a public world dominated by men.
E
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In anthropology, cultural relativism is not a moral position but a methodological one. It states that
A. some cultures are relatively better than others. B. to understand another culture fully, we must try to understand how the people in that culture see things. C. to understand another culture, we must use tactics to try to jar people so that their true views are revealed. D. because cultural values vary between cultures, they cannot be analyzed and compared. E. to bring about desired cultural change, anthropologists should act as emissaries of the most evolved cultural values.
Marriage does all of the following across cultures except:
a. establishes strict rank and hierarchy between spouses. b. ?publicly validates a relationship. c. ?sanctions a sexual relationship with another person. d. ?provides a supportive setting for raising children.
A collection of animal bones recovered from an archaeological site is a
a. comparative collection. b. kill site. c. taxon. d. faunal assemblage. e. zooarchaeological collection
Anthropologists have observed that tribal leaders build and maintain power through which of the following?
A. personal achievements B. being elected to political institutions C. strong enforcement of religious beliefs D. learning to live within the control of a centralized state