WGS 201 Final: WGS Final Exam Study Guide

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The truth about boys and girls : gender stratification (aka gender inequality): differential ability of men and women to achieve resources in society, family, education, work, love, media, healthcare, old age (all affected by. Takeaways: differences are not fixed, sex is not important but society makes it so. It is the reason that men are violent: males are violent because of their testosterone. Takeaways: we cannot blame genes or biology for our actions and aggression, violence is more complex than just a single hormone, aggression is about society not testosterone, hegemony about testosterone exists. Incorporate person into the public institutions and practices that bring full citizenship they previously lacked because they were kids. Mojave ritual two spirit initiation categories of homo versus hetero. If a boy submits to being offered female apparel, he is homosexual. If he acted in expected fashion, he is initiated as a homo.