Question

Which statement is true about the gender roles of Northwest Coast Indians? Men and women switched roles often. Men and women had defined roles that rarely varied. Women traditionally held top roles in coastal societies. Men traditionally were the caretakers in coastal societies.

Answer 1

Men and women had defined roles that rarely varied.

Step-by-step explanation:

in India, boys are more valued since they can earn and help the parents when in old age, and because they continue the family name

Answer 2

Men and women had defined roles that rarely varied.

Step-by-step explanation:

The indigenous people of the northwest coast established a society with very well defined gender roles, directing men and women to activities that they believed was the ideal for each gender and that they rarely varied, establishing a rigid system of gender roles. Within this society, men were destined for activities that required physical strength, such as hunting, fishing, building and fighting. Women, on the other hand, were limited to domestic services and management of available resources.