ANTH 1003 Chapter : 24-Feb
Document Summary
Sex and gender anthropological perspectives: sex, the biological differences between male and female but to some extent, this category. Why gender and gender relations are central to society: contribute to, building culture and society, social relations of power power is often unevenly distributed along gender lines gender plays a role in social power. Federations controversy: completed in 2012 olympics and carried the s. african flag in the opening ceremonies. Ioc gender testing: 1960s nude parades, genetic testing (not everyone xx or xy, abandoned, after semenya case, decided to investigate other methods: testosterone levels (but these can also vary, avg male: 270-1070, female: 15-70. Transgender: people who cross over or occupy a culturally accepted intermediate position in the male-female binary, used more that intersex in the lgbtq community. Alternative gender roles: genders that are neither man nor woman have been described for many reasons, hijra, 2 spirits native americans lives in south sulawesi, indonesia.
