ANTHR310 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Gender Inequality, Racialization

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTHR310
• Professor: Joseph Hill

Document Summary

Exploration of gender begins with an aim to suggest in contemporary moments how an individual"s personal and private opportunities, experiences, ideas, choices are connected to events occurring across the world. This chapter investigates the relationship of global occurrences: we learn the role anthropology can play in helping of understanding both men and women"s lives all over the world. Gender is not a biological reality: this is proved by societies that have 2+ gender categories beyond male and female. Gender identity: the idea of what it means to be a man or women in a particular society. Because gender is social, not biological, individuals can contest, negotiable, shift, and otherwise alter gender ideals and identity: though this is possibly, it is not always easy. Power: the ability to act effectively and the capacity to exercise control over oneself and others. Gender inequality is not a single problem with one single answer but a series of many different, interlocked problems.