plz XDJM help me to figure out why the answer is C not BIn a 1984 book, Claire C, Robertson argued that, before colonialism, age was a more important indicator of status and authority than gender in Ghana and in Africa generally. British colonialism imposed European- style male dominant notions upon more egalitarian local situations to the detriment of women generally, and gender became a defining characteristic that weakened women’s power and authority.
Subsequent research in
Kenya convinced Robertson that she had overgeneralized about Africa. Before colonialism, gender was more salient in central Kenya than it was in Ghana, although age was still crucial in determining authority. In contrast with Ghana, where women had traded for hundreds of years and achieved legal majority (not unrelated phenomena), the evidence regarding central Kenya indicated that women were legal minors and were sometimes treated as male property, as were European women at that time. Factors like strong patrilinearity and patrilocality, as well as women’s inferior land rights and lesser involvement in trade, made women more dependent on men than was generally the case in Ghana. However, since age apparently remained the overriding principle of social organization in central Kenya, some senior women had much authority. Thus, Robertson revised her hypothesis somewhat, arguing that in determining authority in precolonial Africa age was a primary principle that superseded gender to varying degrees depending on the situation.
7. GWD29-Q4:
The passage indicates that Robertson’s research in Kenya caused her to change her mind regarding which of the following?
A.
Whether age was the prevailing principle of social organization in Kenya before colonialism
B.
Whether gender was the primary determinant of social authority in Africa generally before colonialism
C.
Whether it was only after colonialism that gender became a significant determinant of authority in Kenyan society
D.
Whether age was a crucial factor determining authority in Africa after colonialism
E.
Whether British colonialism imposed European-style male-dominant notions upon local situations in Ghana
TKS作者: philipyu1025 时间: 2011-4-26 20:08
原文：
CCR原来认为：殖民前，age比gender重要，只是殖民后，gender才变得重要。
Kenyan事实：殖民前，age比gender高的不是一点点。（However, since age apparently remained the overriding principle of social organization in central Kenya, some senior women had much authority）
CCR修改结论：殖民前，age是第一重要的，gender基本不算什么。作者: yidiyuehans 时间: 2011-4-27 06:41
这个文章观点交错在一起，又有overgeneralize迷惑，但是关键是后面的“However, since age apparently remained the overriding principle of social organization in central Kenya, some senior women had much authority”，表明了CCR的最终态度。作者: suners 时间: 2011-4-27 12:36
