The explanation for Fafa (rearing males as females) in Samoa is:
a. families with no female children to perform domestic chores
b. gender studies have not progressed enough to know the damage done by interfering with biology
c. in response to a request by the males to be reared as females
d. a punishment to males for cross-dressing
a
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a. true b. false
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A) Women usually married after they reached adulthood. B) Men usually married as soon as they reached puberty. C) Men and women were not allowed to choose their own partners. D) Men had to prove their ability to support a family to get married.
Normal behavior conforms to the norms of the group in which it occurs
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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