ANP 220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Sworn Virgin, Social Learning Theory, Standpoint Theory
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Become father of child through sex with mother. Albanian biological women who take a vow of chastity and wear male clothing in order to live as men in the patriarchal northern albanian society. A system of religious devotion directed toward a particular figure. A community organized around a traditional occupation through which they are integrated with the larger society. Tasks and activities that a culture assigns to a gender. Unequal system of rewards (socially valued resources, power, prestige, freedoms) between genders, reflecting their different positions in a social hierarchy. Claims that "biological characteristics such as chromosomes, hormonal activities, and brain specialization account ofr gender differences" Focus on interpersonal factors that influence the development of gender (i. e. social learning theory and cognitive development theory) Wide diversity of gender identities across social groups points to importance of culture. What we do in terms of our biology has to do with "survival of the fittest"--gender is related to our need to reproduce.
