Question

Which of the following best describes patriarchal relationships?

(A) They involve abuse of female family members.
(B) They prevent women from engaging in commercial activity in public.
(C)Women are secluded behind veils.
(D)Women’s inferior status places them under the protection of male family members.
(E) Women are denied an education.

Answer 1

The best answer is D. Women's inferior status places them under the protection of male fmaily members. The other answers are things that do happen, but not all women are abused, prevented from entering the public, secluded, or denied an education so D is the best answer.