Which Statement About Polygynous Families Is True

question 24

Multiple Choice

Which statement about polygynous families is true?

• A) They provide individual wives with company and economic assistance and alleviate boredom.
• B) They usually operate without conflict because women are better than men at getting along together.
• C) The man tries not to marry several sisters,because the hierarchy of oldest to youngest inevitably causes stress.
• D) They provide privacy by establishing the wives in separate houses spread around the village.

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