ANTHROP 1AA3 Chapter Notes -Cross-Dressing, Transvestism
1 Apr 2013
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Gender refers to the roles that people perform in their households and communities and the values and attitudes that people have regarding men and women. Sex biological category based on genitalia. Gender construct set of cultural assumptions about gender roles and the values and the relations between the genders that people learn as members of their societies. Gender equality constellation of behaviours, attitude, and rights that support the autonomy of both women and men. Gender inequality denial of autonomy and equal rights to one group of people based on their gender. Male dominance devaluation of women in society; assume the rights to women"s roles. Over time there has been a difference in height, weight and structural features between males and females: pelvis size, hips, shoulders. Cultural constructs are models of behaviour and attitudes that a particular culture transmits to its members i. e. ideologies of the roles men and women have to perform.
