While There Is a Gendered Division of Labor in Foraging

question 46

Multiple Choice

While there is a gendered division of labor in foraging societies,there is evidence that:

• A)the gender division of labor has been abandoned
• B)the gender division of labor is less strict than Murdock and Parsons believed
• C)the gender division of labor is stricter than Murdock expected
• D)the gender division of labor is intimately tied to sexuality
• E)the gender division of labor disappears in more advanced forms of society

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