ANTH 2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Alfred L. Kroeber, Situational Sexual Behavior, Margaret Mead

• School: Irvine Valley College
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH 2
• Professor: cole

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Argued for a cultural determinism rather than a biological determinism for human behavior. Gender roles are culturally determined margaret mead. Argued that human sexuality and gender roles are the result of enculturation. We are a product of culture and child rearing. If biology is foundational, sex is determined at conception. If psychology is foundational, sex is a fluid and functional reality. Genetics would predict the opposite darwinian theory prohibits homosexuality as selected against . Male a male identity that affirms a sexual orientation toward females. Female a female identity that affirms a sexual orientation toward males. Gay male identity that affirms a sexual orientation toward males. Lesbian female identity that affirms a sexual orientation toward females. Bi-sexual male a male identity who claims a sexual orientation toward both males and females. Bi-sexual female a female identity who claims a sexual orientation toward both males and females.