Cross-Cultural Variations in Women's Status Quiz
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What is the main aim of the book mentioned in the text?

  • To discuss the deficit of females and its impact on society
  • To analyze cross-cultural variation in women's status through the evolution of the family (correct)
  • To explore the economic development and high status of women in different societies
  • To argue for the correlation between economic growth and gender equality
  • According to the text, what is the relationship between economic development and the status of women?

  • Economic development leads to high status of women in all societies
  • They are both the product of a society organized not along kinship and ascriptive status differentials (correct)
  • Gender equality is solely dependent on modern economic growth
  • They are not related and do not influence each other
  • What does the text suggest about the deficit of females?

  • It is a result of an East-West divide
  • It is the tip of an iceberg of sex discrimination (correct)
  • It is solely due to economic underdevelopment
  • It has no connection to sex discrimination
  • What does the text imply about the correlation between economic development and gender equality?

    <p>They go together because they are both the product of a society organized not along kinship and ascriptive status differentials</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the key characteristic of the nuclear family mentioned in the text?

    <p>Emancipation of adult children</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), what right is universally recognized?

    <p>Right to own labor</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In the nuclear family, who makes decisions regarding production and reproduction?

    <p>Individuals themselves</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the ban on slavery place ownership of according to the text?

    <p>Labor squarely with the person in which it is embodied</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What rights are young adults vested with in the nuclear family mentioned in the text?

    <p>Right to their own labor and right to their own marriage</p> Signup and view all the answers

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