Cultural Anthropology- Chapter 8 Exam Questions and Correct Answers Latest update 2024 Already
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Gender studies - Answers Research into masculinity and femininity as flexible, complex, and historically
and culturally constructed categories. (page 272)
Sex - Answers The observable physical differences between male and female, especially biological
differences related to human reproduction. (page 273)
Gender - Answers The expectations of thought and behavior that each culture assigns to people of
different sexes. (page 273)
Sexual dimorphism - Answers The phenotypic differences between males and females of the same
species. (page 273)
Cultural construction of gender - Answers The ways humans learn to behave as a man or woman and to
recognize behaviors as masculine or feminine within their cultural context. (page 275)
Masculinity - Answers The ideas and practices associated with manhood. (page 275)
Femininity - Answers The ideas and practices associated with womanhood. (page 275)
Gender performance - Answers The way gender identity is expressed through action. (page 282)
Intersex - Answers The state of being born with a combination of male and female genitalia, gonads,
and/or chromosomes. (page 286)
Transgender - Answers A gender identity or performance that does not fit with cultural norms related to
one's assigned sex at birth. (page 288)
Gender stratification - Answers An unequal distribution of power in which gender shapes who has access
to a group's resources, opportunities, rights, and privileges. (page 295)
Gender stereotypes - Answers Widely held preconceived notions about the attributes of, differences
between, and proper roles for men and women in a culture. (page 295)
Gender ideology - Answers A set of cultural ideas, usually stereotypical, about the essential character of
different genders that functions to promote and justify gender stratification. (page 295)
Gender violence - Answers Forms of violence shaped by the gender identities of the people involved.
(page 299)
Structural gender violence - Answers Gendered societal patterns of unequal access to wealth, power,
and basic resources such as food, shelter, and health care that differentially affect women in particular.
(page 300)
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Gender studies - Answers Research into masculinity and femininity as flexible, complex, and historically
and culturally constructed categories. (page 272)
Sex - Answers The observable physical differences between male and female, especially biological
differences related to human reproduction. (page 273)
Gender - Answers The expectations of thought and behavior that each culture assigns to people of
different sexes. (page 273)
Sexual dimorphism - Answers The phenotypic differences between males and females of the same
species. (page 273)
Cultural construction of gender - Answers The ways humans learn to behave as a man or woman and to
recognize behaviors as masculine or feminine within their cultural context. (page 275)
Masculinity - Answers The ideas and practices associated with manhood. (page 275)
Femininity - Answers The ideas and practices associated with womanhood. (page 275)
Gender performance - Answers The way gender identity is expressed through action. (page 282)
Intersex - Answers The state of being born with a combination of male and female genitalia, gonads,
and/or chromosomes. (page 286)
Transgender - Answers A gender identity or performance that does not fit with cultural norms related to
one's assigned sex at birth. (page 288)
Gender stratification - Answers An unequal distribution of power in which gender shapes who has access
to a group's resources, opportunities, rights, and privileges. (page 295)
Gender stereotypes - Answers Widely held preconceived notions about the attributes of, differences
between, and proper roles for men and women in a culture. (page 295)
Gender ideology - Answers A set of cultural ideas, usually stereotypical, about the essential character of
different genders that functions to promote and justify gender stratification. (page 295)
Gender violence - Answers Forms of violence shaped by the gender identities of the people involved.
(page 299)
Structural gender violence - Answers Gendered societal patterns of unequal access to wealth, power,
and basic resources such as food, shelter, and health care that differentially affect women in particular.
(page 300)
