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Some social scientists believe that Increased emphasis placed on appearance
increases body anxiety, but it may also diminish other attributes formerly essential to
success, such as family, birth and character. One reason attractiveness has such social
and emotional significance is the emergence of "elective sexuality" and sexual
autonomy as desire and pleasure are partially de-linked from reproduction, familial
control, and traditional moralities. - ANSWER T
Female genital mutilation was made illegal in the United States. ANSWER F
The earliest evidence of female genital modification FGC/FGM/Female Circumcision
dates back as early as the "second century BC on the western coast of the Red Sea now
modern day Egypt". Based on current geographic locations of similar practices, they
seems to have originated in Egypt and has spread south and west. These practices were
rooted in the Pharaohnic belief in the bisexuality of the gods. - ANSWER T
Forms of the physical mutilation of female genitalia - variously referred to as FGC/
female circumcision/FGM-were widespread throughout Europe well into the eighteenth
century. - ANSWER F
When the UNDHR postulates that as "human beings we are born free and equal in
dignity and rights; we possess the inalienable right to freedom of religion in practice and
the indispensible social and cultural rights for the dignity and freedom of an individual's
personality," it lends credence to the tenet of individualistic societies over more
collectivist ones. - ANSWER T
Some of the forms of FGM are becoming common in the United States - ANSWER T
type 1 - ANSWER The partial or total removal of the clitoris and/or hood
type 4 - ANSWER All other harmful procedures
type 2 - ANSWER removal of clitoris and labia
Male genital mutilation is normative in the United States. - ANSWER T
,Some use the term female genital cutting, FGC, because they feel the term is more
forthright and does not depersonalize individuals in the same way the term Female
Genital Mutilation, FGM does. They feel the term FGM carries a judgmental connotation
that assumes negativity before an explanation has been provided. Others use the term
female circumcision in an effort to draw a comparison to practices of male circumcision.
- ANSWER T
For each of the different practices of female genital modification, identify one common
reason that has been proposed for those practices. - ANSWER ALL
FGM is a common practice in the United States. - ANSWER F
Centuries of development of large stratified and densely populated "civilizations" over
the past few thousand years created a public sphere and domestic/private sphere that
has often exacerbated the distinction and distance between gender roles and those of
different genders. - ANSWER T
In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a number of scientists steeped in
Darwinian theories began to explore the evolutionary roots of what they assumed was
universal: male dominance. Of course, scientists, like the rest of us, view the world
partially through their own cultural lenses and through a gendered version. Before the
1970s, women and gender relations were largely invisible in the research literature and
most researchers were male so it is not surprising that 1960s theories reflected
prevailing male-oriented folk beliefs about gender - ANSWER T
About 5% of people are born with ambiguous genitals and are sometimes called
intersex. - ANSWER T
Cultures with a third gender have what is called a binary-gender system. - ANSWER F
Anthropologists first started exploring the areas of sex, gender, and sexuality in the
1960s and 1970s. -ANSWER F
, For the 99 percent of human history that preceded the invention of agriculture some
10,000 or so years ago, women have "worked," often providing the stable sources of
food for their family. -ANSWER T
Marriage also is not "natural." It is a cultural invention that involves various meanings
and functions in different cultural contexts - ANSWER T
Gender identity varies within a society, especially when gendered individuals have
different ethnic, religious, national, and class backgrounds. - ANSWER T
Generally speaking, what constitutes masculine, or feminine behaviour are the same in
all cultures. - ANSWER F
Cross-culturally, marriage seems to be primarily about societal regulation of
relationships—a social contract between two individuals and, often, their families, that
specifies rights and obligations of married individuals and of the offspring that married
women produce. Some anthropologists have argued that marriage IS primarily about
children and "descent"—who will "own" children.68 To whom will they belong? With
what rights, obligations, social statuses, access to resources, group identities, and all
of the other assets—and liabilities—that exist within a society? - ANSWER T
One's biologic sex is a different phenomenon than one's gender, which is socially and
historically constructed. Gender is a set of culturally invented expectations and
therefore constitutes a role one assumes, learns, and performs. - ANSWER T
Second-wave feminism was primarily about women's suffrage. - ANSWER F
Biological determinism is the theory that human behaviour is determined directly by an
individual's genes or by some aspect of their physiology, usually at the expense of the
role of the environment. - ANSWER T
Anthropologists long ago identified "female farming systems," especially in parts of
Africa and Southeast Asia, in which farming is predominantly a woman's job and men
"help out" as needed. - ANSWER T
Some social scientists believe that Increased emphasis placed on appearance
increases body anxiety, but it may also diminish other attributes formerly essential to
success, such as family, birth and character. One reason attractiveness has such social
and emotional significance is the emergence of "elective sexuality" and sexual
autonomy as desire and pleasure are partially de-linked from reproduction, familial
control, and traditional moralities. - ANSWER T
Female genital mutilation was made illegal in the United States. ANSWER F
The earliest evidence of female genital modification FGC/FGM/Female Circumcision
dates back as early as the "second century BC on the western coast of the Red Sea now
modern day Egypt". Based on current geographic locations of similar practices, they
seems to have originated in Egypt and has spread south and west. These practices were
rooted in the Pharaohnic belief in the bisexuality of the gods. - ANSWER T
Forms of the physical mutilation of female genitalia - variously referred to as FGC/
female circumcision/FGM-were widespread throughout Europe well into the eighteenth
century. - ANSWER F
When the UNDHR postulates that as "human beings we are born free and equal in
dignity and rights; we possess the inalienable right to freedom of religion in practice and
the indispensible social and cultural rights for the dignity and freedom of an individual's
personality," it lends credence to the tenet of individualistic societies over more
collectivist ones. - ANSWER T
Some of the forms of FGM are becoming common in the United States - ANSWER T
type 1 - ANSWER The partial or total removal of the clitoris and/or hood
type 4 - ANSWER All other harmful procedures
type 2 - ANSWER removal of clitoris and labia
Male genital mutilation is normative in the United States. - ANSWER T
,Some use the term female genital cutting, FGC, because they feel the term is more
forthright and does not depersonalize individuals in the same way the term Female
Genital Mutilation, FGM does. They feel the term FGM carries a judgmental connotation
that assumes negativity before an explanation has been provided. Others use the term
female circumcision in an effort to draw a comparison to practices of male circumcision.
- ANSWER T
For each of the different practices of female genital modification, identify one common
reason that has been proposed for those practices. - ANSWER ALL
FGM is a common practice in the United States. - ANSWER F
Centuries of development of large stratified and densely populated "civilizations" over
the past few thousand years created a public sphere and domestic/private sphere that
has often exacerbated the distinction and distance between gender roles and those of
different genders. - ANSWER T
In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a number of scientists steeped in
Darwinian theories began to explore the evolutionary roots of what they assumed was
universal: male dominance. Of course, scientists, like the rest of us, view the world
partially through their own cultural lenses and through a gendered version. Before the
1970s, women and gender relations were largely invisible in the research literature and
most researchers were male so it is not surprising that 1960s theories reflected
prevailing male-oriented folk beliefs about gender - ANSWER T
About 5% of people are born with ambiguous genitals and are sometimes called
intersex. - ANSWER T
Cultures with a third gender have what is called a binary-gender system. - ANSWER F
Anthropologists first started exploring the areas of sex, gender, and sexuality in the
1960s and 1970s. -ANSWER F
, For the 99 percent of human history that preceded the invention of agriculture some
10,000 or so years ago, women have "worked," often providing the stable sources of
food for their family. -ANSWER T
Marriage also is not "natural." It is a cultural invention that involves various meanings
and functions in different cultural contexts - ANSWER T
Gender identity varies within a society, especially when gendered individuals have
different ethnic, religious, national, and class backgrounds. - ANSWER T
Generally speaking, what constitutes masculine, or feminine behaviour are the same in
all cultures. - ANSWER F
Cross-culturally, marriage seems to be primarily about societal regulation of
relationships—a social contract between two individuals and, often, their families, that
specifies rights and obligations of married individuals and of the offspring that married
women produce. Some anthropologists have argued that marriage IS primarily about
children and "descent"—who will "own" children.68 To whom will they belong? With
what rights, obligations, social statuses, access to resources, group identities, and all
of the other assets—and liabilities—that exist within a society? - ANSWER T
One's biologic sex is a different phenomenon than one's gender, which is socially and
historically constructed. Gender is a set of culturally invented expectations and
therefore constitutes a role one assumes, learns, and performs. - ANSWER T
Second-wave feminism was primarily about women's suffrage. - ANSWER F
Biological determinism is the theory that human behaviour is determined directly by an
individual's genes or by some aspect of their physiology, usually at the expense of the
role of the environment. - ANSWER T
Anthropologists long ago identified "female farming systems," especially in parts of
Africa and Southeast Asia, in which farming is predominantly a woman's job and men
"help out" as needed. - ANSWER T
