KIN 2530 Chapter : Ch 6 Lecture Kin
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Basic terms about sex and gender beliefs: contribute to, building culture and society. Masculine : tchambuli: sexes had opposite tendencies, both sexes were aggressive, neither sex was nurturing to children, women had a major economic role, men were more interested in aesthetics, mean argued that society and culture create gender. Bugis: an ethnic group that lived in south sulawesi indonesia, predominantly muslim, research on bugis gender by sharyn. Overview of sex and gender categories of bugis: they acknowledge 3 sexes, female, male, and hermaphrodite, believe that there are 5 genders, women, men, calabai, and a 5th meta-gender group (bissu) Dewata who descend and take possessoion of the bissu: they serve an important in bugis society and are often called onto conduct religious ceremonies and giving blessings, there are able to act as mediators between humans and spirits. Nor does rani wish to become a man. Gender roles: cultural expectations of men and women in a particular society, including the.