ANTHRO 9 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Margaret Mead, Arapesh Languages, Patrilineality
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Features of human biology and characteristics of physical bodies. E. g. di(cid:125)erent genitalia, hormonal and chromosomal di(cid:125)erences, and di(cid:125)erently shaped bodies. An individual"s experiences, meanings, and practices in relation to sexual activity. E. g. sexual orientation, desires, ideas about reproduction, intimacy, etc. Culturally assigned behaviors and meanings attributed to the distinction all human societies make between male and female, and sometimes to a third gender. E. g. sex roles, temperaments, psychological attributes, position in authority structure. Third gendered child : male who would inhabit the gender role of female. Blaming mead for occupy wall street movement. Something added to raw perception that can change the whole meaning. When culture con(cid:128)gures it, you get di(cid:125)erent perspectives. A human being is born into the world with potentialities and suppresses others, and it acts selectively favouring the individuals who are best endowed with the potentialities preferred in the culture and discriminating against those with alien tendencies.
