Question

In remote villages in the Himalayas, the practice of polyandry, or having multiple husbands, works as a form of birth control. The land can only support a limited number of people, so from their perspective, it makes sense for women to marry multiple men in order to limit the number of children who are born. Monogamy or polygyny (men having multiple wives) would lead to an explosion in the population, but with polyandry, the wife can only have so many children, no matter how many husbands she has.
A. This is an example of an emic statement about the practice of polyandry.B. This is an example of an ethnocentric statement about the practice of polyandry.C. This is an example of a false statement about the practice of polyandry.D. This is an example of an etic statement about the practice of polyandry.

Answer 1

Answer:

A. This is an example of an emic statement about the practice of polyandry

Explanation:

An emic statement is a system of thought where that is brought about by perceived discrimination by the participant involved. Such a perspective is regarded as the insiders perspective. The statement shows understanding to why polyandry is being practiced. An emic statement can be written for people outside a cultural practice but it portrays the culture in a way that the insider understands it. The narrator is telling us about the culture based on his or her native understanding of it.