ACMA01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Upper Paleolithic, Margaret Mead, Judith Butler

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Divided on the basis of reproductive functions, biological. Determined by the presence or absence of speci c reproductive, physical traits. Often, but not always, binary (intersex, genitally ambiguous) Nine different components of someone"s sexual identity: external genital appearance, internal reproductive organs, structure of the gonads, endocrinologic sex, genetic sex, nuclear sex, chromosomal sex, psychological sex and social sex. Typically used with reference to social and cultural differences rather than biological ones. The behavioral, cultural, or psychological traits typically associated with one sex. Fluid, variable, dependent on expression rather than(or along with) physicality (masculine, Feminine, androgynous, and all the combinations in between) Margaret mead: sex and temperament in three primitive societies (1935) an example of early anthropology. Suggests that there is no necessary connection between biological sex and gendered behavior or norms (these are culturally constructed, rather than natural or biological) We learn gender, from our parents, social groups, and normative expectations. We behave the way we are conditioned to behave.

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