ANTHROP 1AB3 Chapter 7: Reading 7
1 Apr 2016
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Sex: hormonal, chromosomal, or physical differences between men and women. Gender: culturally constructed ideals of behaviour, dress, occupations, roles and compartment of particular sexes. Third gender: a gender role given to someone who does not t within strictly masculine or feminine gender roles in a given society. Hegemonic masculinity: refers to ideals and norms of masculinity in a society, which are often privileged over others. Social organization: the rules and structures that govern relations within a group of interacting people. Societies are divided into social units (groups), within which are recognized social positions (statuses), with appropriate behaviour patterns prescribes for these positions (roles) Political organization: a society"s formal and informal institutions that regulate a population"s collective acts. Chiefdom: a regional polity in which two or more local groups are organized under a single chief (who is the head of a ranked social hierarchy). Unlike autonomous bands and villages, chiefdoms consist of several more or less permanently aligned communities or settlements.
