ANTH 2170 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Sex Verification In Sports, Virilization, Socalled
25 Apr 2016
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Lec 2: sex and gender: mythology male vs. female around the world. binary vs. ternary oppositions (not just a and b but a, b, and c. ) generalized given, gender roles: binary creates spheres about male and female. Though they are communities that accept other genders. Evolutionary psychology: considering difference between sexes where men hunted and women gathered, in which families were formed in certain ways thus, genetics play a role in cast. Naturalization of difference: differences between groups of people including sex and gender often explained by natural reasons. Nature vs. nature debate: leading us to generalizations of gender roles or how men or women are supposed to act in accordance to human nature. The reduction of complex social actions narrowed down to the most basic man the hunter , women the gather . Critiquing sex as female vs. male: non-ambiguous binary, biological determinism, behavioral prescriptiveness etc.
