ANTH-2010 Lecture 18: Anthro lecture 18
30 Nov 2017
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1. terms: sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, gender role, gender stereotypes, gender stratification, domestic-public dichotomy. Sex - observable physical characteristics that distinguish two kinds of humans, females and males, needed for biological reproduction. Sexual dimorphism - marked differences in male and female biology, beyond primarily reproductive organs. Differences in behavior between the sexes emerge from culture rather than biology. Margaret mead"s research in papua new guinea: sex and temperament in three primitive societies . In any given society, people tend to have some strong ideas about how women and men should behave. Gender identity: refers to whether a person feels, and is regarded by others as, male, female, or something else. Intersex: conditions involving discrepancy between external and internal genitals. A person"s habitual sexual attraction to persons of the opposite sex, same sex, or both sexes; is not decided by one"s gender identity or biological sex. Heterosexuality - attraction to persons of the opposite sex.
