Multiple Choice
In Oceanic societies, men derived political authority by excluding women from participating in rituals and certain object-making endeavors. Women were rarely allowed to produce images that had religious or spiritual powers or that conferred status on their users. Which of the following would account for this exclusion?
A) Men perceived the difference in the innate power of women.
B) Traditional oral history disallowed women.
C) The oral tradition prohibited women from participating.
D) Only men were strong enough to work with the hard materials.
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