Exam 8: Gender

What does doing household chores, making decisions about who works outside the home, and raising children indicate about men's gender roles in Mexico?

Why are cross-cultural studies important for our understanding of sex and gender?

Since violence against hijras is common, we might conclude that gender-based violence is also more likely to be committed against which particularly vulnerable group?

Human males may weigh only slightly more than human females, which underscores which idea about human sexual dimorphism?

In searching for an explanation for what appeared to be women's universally low status, what did anthropologist Sherri Ortner argue about women's biological functions?

What does Pei-chia Lan call Filipino and Indonesian domestic workers laboring for newly rich families in Taiwan?

Home is often considered the domain of women, while men go to work. Although this idea has changed dramatically in many places in the past several decades, it remains a common theme. How does anthropologist Michele Rosaldo see male and female gender roles?

Which best describes the learned behaviors perceived as masculine or feminine?

Define the concept of intersex, and explain how physicians' attitudes toward children born intersex have changed in recent decades in parallel with changes in attitudes toward sexuality.

Explain how feminist research on gender stratification and gender roles has changed since Margaret Mead's pioneering research, paying particular attention to the approaches and findings of Sherri Ortner, Michelle Rosaldo, and Annette Weiner. What do we understand about how gender should be studied today?

According to C. J. Pascoe, what is a primary component of the so-called fag discourse in U.S. high schools?

Evaluate which of the five sexes in biologist Anne Fausto-Sterling's continuum represents the hijras of India. How do they perform their gender identity in daily life? What economic and social roles do they play in society? Why are they often victims of violence?

Analyze how idealized gender roles and attributes of both sexes are reflected in the sexual division of labor and jobs that adult men and women tend to pursue in the United States. Provide two examples for each gender.

In popular conversations, emphasis is often placed on the role of biology in shaping gender identities and behaviors. What does research reveal regarding this topic?

Going out on a date can mean many things. As a man, you might bring flowers, offer to pay the bill, and open doors. As a woman, you may offer to split the tab and offer soft thanks. What does this constitute from an anthropological perspective?

Johann Sebastian Bach, renowned for his huge repertoire of musical compositions in the sixteenth century, was also, as a boy, an outstanding singer in the soprano range until he was about sixteen. What is the change in voice a characteristic of?

What is the preferred term for individuals of an alternate gender in some Native American cultures?

How must individuals living in cultures with a binary gender system (such as the United States) be classified in order to gain certain legal recognition?

For many women around the world, life is a seemingly unending process of childbirth, child rearing, and hard domestic labor, while men often enjoy free time and more opportunities to socialize. What is this a result of?

What do anthropologists call the ideas and practices associated with manhood?