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Anthro sec.3part.3
Gender and Culture: Organization and Identity
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is gender? | A cultural construction of sexual differences, based on shared ideas about male and female roles, as well as biology. |
| What is sexual dimorphism? | Marked differences in male and female biology (i.e. average weight, height strength, and life expectancy) |
| What are two biological factors of gender? | Sexual dimorphism and the ability to reproduce. |
| What are the cultural factors of gender? | Gender roles, gender stereotypes,gender stratification (unequal distribution of power) |
| What is sexual orientation? | A person's sexual attraction's and activities. |
| Horticulturalists see what kind of society? | Matrifocal and Patrifocal |
| Pastoralists see what kind of society? | Patrifocal |
| Industrial societies see what kind of society? | Variable and changing |