The Incest Taboo Is the Foundation for Human Social Organization

question 13

Multiple Choice

The incest taboo is the foundation for human social organization according to Claude Lévi-Strauss because

• A)the incest taboo forces men to develop exchange networks with other men
• B)the incest taboo forces men to leave their mothers and seek sexual partners outside the nuclear family
• C)the incest taboo forces men and women to develop language to facilitate communication
• D)the incest taboo forces women to develop complex social networks to protect themselves from their brothers and sons
• E)the incest taboo forces men to develop ever more complex martial skills and warfare to ensure that they will have wives

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Understand the shifting dynamics of slavery in the U.S., including territorial, legal, and social aspects.

Grasp the impact of internal and external perceptions and policies towards race and slavery on American society.

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