ANT 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Asexuality, Masturbation, Heterosexuality

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Sexual dimorphism: differences in male/female biology besides the primary/secondary sexual features i. e. difference in height and weight. Gender stereotypes: oversimplified but strongly held ideas of characteristics of men/women. Gender stratifications: unequal distribution of rewards between men and women, reflecting positions in social hierarchy. Women more characterized by reciprocal exchange than men. Friendship depends more heavily on strict reciprocity than kin maintenance. Women more likely to cooperate at the beginning and defect later. Men have bigger social groups and maintain them for a longer time than women. Culturally accepted/encouraged sex between older men and younger boys. Advocates legalizing sex between adult men and underage boys. Intersex: born with male/female reproductive organs/chromosomes/genitalia that are not exclusively male/female. In europe, they castrated boys to keep their voices high (women couldn"t sing) 3rd gender in indra, intersex, mostly born male but take on intersex/feminine characteristic. Domestic = less prestige than public; promotes gender stratification.

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