The things that are labeled femanine are often correlated with children as well, showing that grown women and children are alike. Another example of degrading labels would be crops that are grown. Less prominent crops such as cocoyams, cassava, etc. were seen as femanine crops that women grew, while men grew yams. On page 33, it is stated, “Yam stood for manliness, and he who could feed his family on yams from one harvest to another was a very great man”.