ANTH 331 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Nuclear Family, General Idea, Body Plan
15 Oct 2016
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Gender identity - re ects a persons subjectively felt experiences of being masculine, feminine or ambivalent. Gender stereotype - societies beliefs and attitudes about what activities or behaviours are appropriate for men or women: gender variance: e. g. 3rd gender" - hijra: genetic males that act like women, consider themselves 3rd gender . Sex is the genetic/ biological differences between males and females physical traits that differentiate females and males. (female and male body form: gender differences hypothesis vs gender similarities hypothesis. Gender differences hypothesis: hypothesizes that men and women are more different, than they are similar. Ex: men are from venus, woman are from mars book. Gender similarities hypothesis: men and women are more similar than different not saying they are the same: essentialism: notion that all women/all men share certain universal experiences because of their biological similarities. What it means to be a man or woman is xed by nature.
