What Does It Mean That Kinship,like Race,is Culturally Constructed

question 13

Multiple Choice

What does it mean that kinship,like race,is culturally constructed?

• A) The educational system is failing to educate people about real, biologically-based human relatedness.
• B) Like race, kinship is a social fiction, with no real social consequence.
• C) It is a phenomenon separated from other real aspects of society, such as economics and politics.
• D) Studies of kinship tell us little about people's actual experiences, only about what they think those experiences are like.
• E) Some genealogical kin are considered to be relatives whereas others are not, and the rules underlying such considerations vary across cultures.

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