Question

Which statement is an accurate summary of the general status of women in early Southeast Asia?

Most women in early Southeast Asia had their feet bound at an early age.


Women in early Southeast Asia held a subordinate position to that of men.


Women in early Southeast Asia had less freedom than elsewhere in Asia.


Women had greater equality in early Southeast Asia than elsewhere in Asia.

Answer 1

The answer is D.Women had greater equality in early Southeast Asia than elsewhere in Asia.

Answer 2

In Southeast Asia the general status of women was that: D) Woman had greater equality in early southeast Asia that elsewhere in Asia. This is thought to be due to several factors including the fact that a daughter was not considered a financial burden because the practice of Bride price was widespread in that area and that kinship was traced both through ones mother and father. Also because women had prominent roles in indigenous rites, their labor was essential to the agriculture of that area and because they were primarily running local markets.