ANTH 2301 Chapter 8: Key Terms
22 Dec 2020
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Chapter 8: gender and sexuality (week 10) key terms. Aromantic: having little or no romantic feelings toward others. Binary: having two parts; in gender studies, it refers to a two-gender system of masculine males and feminine females. Bisexual: romantic or sexual attraction to both males and females. Body modification: altering the body for reasons of identity, attractiveness, or social status. Cisgender: describing the experience of one"s gender as matching their assigned sex at birth. Commodification: the process of turning something into an object of exchange to be bought and sold. Discourse: written or spoken communication on a topic, especially one extending over a period of time. Female genital mutilation (fgm): surgical removal and/or sewing together of female genitalia performed for sociocultural, not medical, reasons. Gender: a person"s internal experience of their identity as male, female, both, or neither, as well as the expression of that identity in social behavior.
