ANTH 2 Lecture Notes - Participant Observation, Slut, Double Standard
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There are many humorous things in the world, among them the white man"s notion that he is less savage than the other savages. -mark twain. Don"t look at each other or it"s cool, bro . When women crashed, they were helped more often than men, and they accepted the help more than men. Nurture/culture: gender norms about chivalrous men and delicate women. Participant observation identifies two styles of food acquisition: men) women) Getting ready you ready to do? during their pre game. Settling: get large quantities and stay seated (mostly. Hopping: get one thing and return for another (mostly. Function: if this ritual is built around getting ready, what is it getting. Behavior: females are more cooperative, men are more competitive. Resources: females are more public, men are more private. Women get along and are happy, and men are stingy, dirty, Men could be expressing their power that they don"t have to and aggressive put effort into getting ready.
