Woman, Culture, and Society Format:Paperback Winner of the National Book

Winner of the National Book Award

So when Allison is sexually assaulted at a party

he's positive this is all some huge mistake

the oh-so-tempting sister of her new friend at school

Instead of dragging her to the family priest and lecturing her with tearful sermons about sin and damnation

Woman, Culture, and Society Format:Paperback Winner of the National BookSixteen women anthropologists analyze the place of women in human societies, treating as problematic certain questions and observations that in the past have been ignored or taken for granted, and consulting the anthropological record for data and theoretical perspectives that will help us to understand and change the quality of women's lives. The first three essays address the question of human sexual asymmetry. Recognizing that men's and women's