Traditionally among the Hidatsa, women made boats. Pawness women worked wood. Among the Mbuti "pygmies" women hunt. Cases such as these suggest that
patterns of division of labor by gender are cultural generalities- not universals
in what kind of society do anthropologist most typically find forced female genital operations, inter village raiding, female infanticide and dowry?
patrilineal-patrilocal
the "traditional" idea that a woman's place is in the home developed when?
among middle and upper class americans as industrialism spread after 1900
What have recent cross-cultural studies of gender role demonstrated?
the relative status of women is variable, depending on facts such as subsistence strategy, the importance of warfare and the prevalence of a domestic- public dichotomy
sexual dimorphism
marked difference in male and female biology
gender roles
tasks and activit�s that a culture assigns to each sex
gender stereotypes
oversimplified, strongly held vies about males and females
gender stratification
unequal distribution of social resources between men and women
domestic-public dichotomy
work at home versus more valued work outside
what are two public arenas that can contribute to status inequality?
warfare and trade
matrilineal descent
descent traced through women only
patrilineal descent
descent through males only
patriarchy
political system ruled by men
patrilineal- patrilocal complex
male supremacy based on patrilineality, patrilocality and warfare
intersex
a group of conditions reflecting a discrepancy between external and internal genitals
transgender
individuals whose gender identity contradicts their biological sex at birth and the gender identity assigned to them in infancy
sexual orientation
sexual attraction to persons of the opposite sex, same sex, or either