ANTH 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Domestic Violence, Enculturation, Hermaphrodite
17 Jun 2015
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Late onset adrenal hyperplasia one in 66 individuals: vaginal agenesis one in 6,000 births, ovotestes one in 83,000 births. 5 alpha reductase deficiency no estimate: complete gonadal dysgenesis one in 150,000 births. *total number of people whose bodies differ from standard male or female one in 100 births. *total number of people receiving surgery to normalize genital appearance one or two in 1,000 births. Gender roles: cultural universal: all societies have a gender-based division of labour. Scientists, perhaps nowadays in western society could be argued doctors. Patriarchy: patrilineal-patrilocal complex, patrilineality, patrilocality, warfare & male power. Increased gender stratification: sharp domestic-public dichotomy and men tend to dominate prestige hierarchy, spread widely due to pressure on resources. Marriage and money: dowry: the wealth transferred, usually from parents to their daughter (or her husband/in- laws), at the time of her marriage. Spectrum?: gender can be tied to age, gender can be tied to role in society, gender can be tied to sexual orientation.
