ANT 252 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Gender Role, Hermaphrodite, Wodaabe
25 Oct 2014
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Notes adapted from mirror for humanity: concise intro to cultural. Sexual dimorphism - differences in male and female biology besides contrasts in breasts/genitals. There"s a reduction in this from human evolution. Gender refers to the cultural construction of whether one is female, male, or something else. Encompasses all traits that a culture assigns to males and females. Margaret mead - 3 societies in papua new guinea: the arapesh women were like american women, the mundugumor men and women tended to be fierce and strict, and the tchambuli men were catty and wore curls and went shopping. Gender roles - tasks/activities a culture assigns by gender. Gender stereotypes - oversimplification but strongly held ideas about male/female characteristics. Gender stratification - unequal distribution of rewards between men and women, reflecting different positions in a social hierarchy. Ann stoler says economic determinants of gender status include freedom/autonomy in disposing of one"s labor and social power.
