ANT 2410 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Genetic Testing, Fallopian Tube, Xyy Syndrome
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Gender= socially and culturally prescribed and perceived ways that males and females are expected to behave (culturally assigned roles). Western societies assume 2 gender roles: male and female. Gender roles: tasks and activites that a culture assigns to the sexes. Gender stereotypes: oversimplified, strongly held ideas of characteristics of men and women. Gender stratification: unequal distribution of rewards between men and women, reflecting different positions in a social hierarchy. Ilongots, phillipines (prestige system versus actual power) Greater size, strength, and mobility of men led to exlusive service in roles of hunters and warriors. Pregnancy and lactation keep women from being primary hunters in foraging societies. The agta (an exception/women are the hunters) Sanday: gender stratification decreased when men and women made roughly equal contributions to subsistence. Minangkabau (west sumatra) a matriarchy beause women are the center, origin, and foundation of the social order.
