ANTH-110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Gender Variance, Binary Opposition
31 Jul 2020
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The cultural construction of gender, sexuality, and the. Body: although the concept of sexuality in north america is often used synonymously with sexual orientation or preference, as nanda (2000) notes, sexuality can be defined as relating to sexual orientation, sexual practice, or erotic desires. Sexuality is a relatively new field of investigation in anthropology. Earlier anthropological accounts discussing sexuality were often devoted to other topics with mention of sexuality being focused on exotic sexual practices in non-western societies. One impetus for the current focus on sexuality in anthropology was with the emergence of the. Hiv/aids pandemic and the related realization that different societies construct their views of sexuality differently and assign meaning in a variety of ways: gender diversity. Therefore, outside of the euro-american construction of two sexes or two genders, other societies have alternate genders that do not fit the north american binary opposition of male and female.
