ANTHRO 200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Gender Role, Vocab (Song), Asexuality
10 Dec 2016
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Sexual dimorphism - marked differences such as in height and weight, in male and female biology besides the contrasts in breasts and genitals. Gender roles the tasks and activities that a culture assigns to each sex. Gender stereotypes oversimplified but strongly held ideas about the characteristics of males and females. Gender stratification unequal distribution of rewards (socially valued resources, power, prestige and personal freedom) between men and women, reflecting their different positions in a social hierarchy. Domestic-public dichotomy co(cid:374)trast (cid:271)et(cid:449)ee(cid:374) (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)"s role i(cid:374) the house a(cid:374)d (cid:373)e(cid:374)"s role i(cid:374) pu(cid:271)li(cid:272) life, (cid:449)ith a (cid:272)orrespo(cid:374)di(cid:374)g so(cid:272)ial de(cid:448)aluatio(cid:374) of (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)"s (cid:449)ork a(cid:374)d (cid:449)orth. Matriarchy a political system in which women play a much more prominent role than men do in social and political organization. Patrilineal-patrilocal complex an interrelated constellation of patrilineality, patrilocality, warfare and male supremacy. Extradomestic outside the home; within or pertaining to the public domain.
