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Chapter 17: Gender
ANTH1001
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Anthropology
Undergraduate 1
04/15/2011

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Sexual dimorphism
Definition
Marked differences in male and female biology, beyond breasts and genitals
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Genetic Difference
Definition

Women- XX

Men- XY

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Primary Characteristics (male female differences)
Definition
genetalia and reproductive organs
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Secondary Characteristics (Male-female differences)
Definition
breasts, voice, and hair distribution
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Gender Roles
Definition
the tasks and activities that a culture assigns to each sex
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Gender Stereotypes
Definition
Oversimplified, strongly held views about males and females
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Gender Stratification
Definition
Unequal distribution of social resources between men and women
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Domestic-Public Dichotemy
Definition
Work at home versus more valued work outside
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Matrilineal Descent
Definition
Descent traced through women only
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Patrilineal Descent
Definition
Descent traced through men only
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Patrilocality
Definition
Married couple resides in husband's (father's) community
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Matrilocality
Definition
Married couple resides in wife's (mother's) community
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Matrifocal
Definition
Mother-centred; e.g., household with no resident husband-father
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Patrilineal-patrilocal complex
Definition
male supremacy based on patrilineal, patrilocality, and warfare
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Extradomestic
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Outside the home; public
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Patriarchy
Definition
Political system ruled by men
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Sexual Orientation
Definition
Sexual attraction to persons of the opposite sex, same sex, or either sex
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