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| maked differences in male and female biology, beyond breasts and genitals |
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| the tasks and activities that a culture assigns to each sex |
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| Oversimplified, strongly held views about male and females |
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| unequal distribution of social resources between men and women |
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| Gender stratification is greatest when ______. |
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| women contribute much more or much less than men |
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| Foragers tend to have gender _______ and little ____. |
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| gender equality, domestic-public dichotomy |
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| Domestic-public dichotomy |
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| Work at home versus more valued work outside |
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| Descent traced through women only |
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| descent traced through men only |
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| ____ and ____ are two public arenas that can contribute to status inequality of males and females among food producers. |
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| A descent group is one whose social unity is based on a belief in _____. |
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| Married couple resides in husband's community |
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| Married couple resides in wife's community |
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| mother centered- e.g., household with no resident husband-father |
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| Patrilineal-patrilocal complex |
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| Male supremacy based on patrilineality, patrilocality, and warfare |
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| Political system ruled by men |
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| Sexual attraction to persons of the opposite sex, same sex, or either sex |
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| When gathering is prominent, gender status is_________ than when hunting or fishing dominates the foraging economy |
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| Gender status is more equal when the ____ and ____ spheres aren't sharply separated |
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| _____ lack two public arenas that contribute to higher male status among food producers: warfare and _______. |
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| Foragers, organized interregional trade |
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| _________ promotes intervillage warfare, patriliny, and patrilocality. |
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| In America, when the need for female labor decreases, the idea that ________ increases, and vice versa. |
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| women are unfit for many jobs |
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"The biological nature of men and women should not be seen as a narrow enclosure limiting humans, but rather as a broad base upon which a variety of structures can be built"
This statement reflects the _____. |
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| predominant anthropological position on sex-gender roles and biology |
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| Cases in which women work, make boats, and hunt, suggest that _______. |
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| Patterns of division of labor by gender are culturally general- not universal |
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| Among foragers, the lack of a clear _______ is related to relatively mild gender inequality. |
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| domestic-public dichotomy |
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| Domestic-public dichotomy is stronger |
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| among peasants than foragers |
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| Reduced gender stratification is not a part of the _____________ complex. |
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| patrilineal-patrilocal complex |
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| In what kind of society do anthropologists most typically find forced female genital operations, intervillage raiding, female infanticide, and dowry? |
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| The traditional idea that a woman's place is in the home developed among ____ as _________. |
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| middle and upper class Americans , industrialism spread after 1900 |
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| Patriarchies are strongest in societies in which men control _________ that are exchanged with people _______. |
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| significant goods, outside the family |
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| What have recent cross-cultural studies of gender roles demonstrated? |
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| The relative status of women is variable, depending on factors such as subsitence strategy, importance of warfare, and prevalence of a domestic-public dichotomy |
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| Sexual orientation is/is not genetically determined |
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| Sex differences are biological, while ____ refers ot the cultural construction of whether one is female, male, or something else. |
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