ANTH 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Grammatical Gender, Human Reproduction, Gender Studies

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-- in binary terms, sex = male and female; gender the spectrum of male- female. -- women= 57% grads; it depts, only 18% women. -- these are cultural patterns the cultural construction of gender roles. -- bio speaking, sex determined by 3 factors: genitalia (ext. sex organs); gonads (int. sex organs producing diff. hormones ie testes and ovaries), and chromosome patterns (x and y) -- tend to think of these as binary (xx, xy) but there is frequent variation that blurs the male/female line. E. g. average weight, height, and strength, differences in hair distribution, pitch of voice, etc. -- but, secondary characteristics are far from binary. -- rather they exhibit large ranges of variation. -- simply put, while men tend to be taller than women, there are plenty of tall women and short men. --in all human cultures, these biological differences are seen as being associated with behavioral differences. -- gender roles: the anticipated cultural roles of the individual sexes.

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