Which of the following statements accurately refers to one of the achievements of feminist anthropology in the last third of the twentieth century?
a. Beginning in the 1970s, anthropologists began to examine closely the ethnographic record to determine whether male dominance is a feature of all human societies.
b. Sherry Ortner argued that males were universally ranked higher than females because females were everywhere seen as "closer to nature" than males.
c.Studies of the roles of men and women within families demonstrated that the very idea of what constituted a family varied enormously, cross-culturally and historically
d. All of the above are true.



Answer :

The following statements accurately refers to one of the achievements of feminist anthropology in the last third of the twentieth century :

  1. Beginning in the 1970s, anthropologists began to examine closely the ethnographic record to determine whether male dominance is a feature of all human societies.
  2. Sherry Ortner argued that males were universally ranked higher than females because females were everywhere seen as "closer to nature" than males.
  3. Studies of the roles of men and women within families demonstrated that the very idea of what constituted a family varied enormously, cross-culturally and historically.

What is anthropologists ?

  • Anthropologists and archaeologists study human origins, development, and behavior.
  • They study the cultures, languages, archaeological sites and physical characteristics of people from different parts of the world.
  • Anthropology compares human societies around the world chronologically.
  • For example, compare current and past forms of government, or legal and religious belief systems.
  • Compare social structures such as family dynamics and examine multinational corporations.  
  • Forensic anthropology is a branch of physical anthropology (the study of human remains) that includes skeletal analysis and the application of techniques in archaeology to solve criminal cases.
  • Anthropologists, or people who do ethnographic research, focus on aspects of being human.
  • For example, one anthropologist might study mating rituals in a small tribe in New Guinea, while another might study mating rituals in a university classroom.

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