ANTH 331 Lecture Notes - Takers, Silent Treatment, Agonism
25 Jan 2014
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Sept 11, 2013 sex: biological differences btw males and females gender: cultural differences btw males and females. The cultural meaning given to an individuals physical sex . The socially and culturally produced ideas about the differences between females and males in a particulare society gender differences based on sex differences how we are labeled at birth sets us on a track. : rigid dichotomy btw traits we have assigned to masculinity and femininity. Gender norms are not universal you behave according to the gender norms of your society. These dimensions constantly interact with each other: Individual: the way an individual experiences and expresses their gender identity. Gender identity: this reflects a persons subjectively felt experience of being masculine, feminine, or ambivalent. Your sexual identity: who you get into bed with, gender identity: who you get into bed as. Chromosomes, or genitals, it is by our internal sense of self. That will be influenced by biology, environment, culture.
