ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Gender Equality, Gender Inequality, Patrilocal Residence

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTHROP 1AA3
• Professor: Antonio Sorge

Document Summary

In all societies, certain behaviours and activities are deemed appropriate for women and other for men. Gender roles: groups of behaviours that is culturally associated with each gender. Includes the kind of work typically assigned to men and women and the familial roles that people play, ritual practises etc. In some societies, woman and men s roles may be quite distinct with little overlap, whereas gender roles may be flexible in other societies. Even in activities which women and men are separated from each other, same-gender groups usually act in a way that is mindful of the other group. Coming of age rituals for girls and boys may be organized around gender differences. Gender relations: consist of interactions between men and women, which may reflect differences in the relative status, prestige, and power of women and men. Extreme forms of male dominance may be reflected in physical abuse and rape.