Although the Igbo society was predominantly masculine and traditionally patriarchal, women were also esteemed and granted status, as evidenced in all the provided examples except for one. Can you identify the exception?

Question

Although the Igbo society was predominantly masculine and traditionally patriarchal, women were also esteemed and granted status, as evidenced in all the provided examples except for one. Can you identify the exception?

1.
Women participated in the agrarian economy of the society by growing crops such as yams.

2.
Women participated in the society’s commerce through trading.

3.
Women were revered as mothers.

4.
Nneka was one of the most popular names among the Ibo.

Answer 1

The exception is: 4. Nneka was one of the most popular names among the Ibo. This statement does not depict a specific example of how women in Igbo society were esteemed and granted status.