Title: Gender in Crosscultural Perspective Flashcards
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Margaret Mead Sex vs. Gender
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Sex: Biological categories within which people are typically placed, or the biological difference between males and females
Gender: The perceived or projected …masculinity or femininity of a person. … appearance, speech, movement, occupation and other factors
not solely limited to biological sex

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Meaning of multiple identities
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Gender varies cross-culturally,u000bu000bGender varies over historical timeu000bu000b, Gender varies among men and women within any one cultureu000bu000b, Gender varies across the span of an individual human life

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Freidl and Engles’ contributions toward understanding gender inequalities
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Freidl: The position of women is likely to be higher the more involved they are: with primary subsistence as owners or controllers and with public distribution of the product of subsistence. Engles: Term
Nature Vs. Nurture debate
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Are humans a “blank slate” or are we “hardwired”? Gender variation
socialization (nurture)
innate qualities (nature)

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Biological vs. Cultural Determinism
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Biological: