What Is the Meaning of Following Term

question 20

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of following term:
-Dowries

• A) Subjective standards used by societies.
• B) Expectations regarding the duties, rights, and skills of individuals.
• C) Money given to a husband for marrying a particular woman.
• D) The practice of circumcising women for the benefit of men; it is often defended on the grounds of cultural relativism.
• E) The period of economic decline in Latin America in the 1980s.
• F) A garment that women are required by law to wear in Iran that covers the body completely.
• G) An ideology in which the family is seen as being held together spiritually and emotionally through the mother's steadfast devotion.
• H) The tendency of individuals to decide NOT to apply for loans.
• I) The slaughter of women who are deemed to be unchaste.
• J) The social contract of the Grameen Bank.
• K) The process in which values and perceptions help to determine our roles in society.
• L) The rule that requires women to wear veils restricts their mobility and social interaction and limits access to employment.
• M) Prefers to hire single, childless women who graduated from high school.
• N) One's position in the social, economic, and political hierarchy.
• O) A tradition in Africa in which a man is required to pay for his bride.

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