Why Does Greater Restrictiveness Towards Premarital Sex Tend to Occur

question 9

Multiple Choice

Why does greater restrictiveness towards premarital sex tend to occur in more complex societies?

• A) Controlling mating is a way of controlling property in these societies.
• B) More complex societies have more strict religious codes of behavior.
• C) Only complex societies have formal social unions we call marriage.
• D) There is no way to deal with a child born out of wedlock in these societies.

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