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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