anthro ch 8 – Flashcards

Among the eight UN Millennial Goals, one that highlights gender issues specifically is to

the expectation of thought and behavior that each culture assigns to people of different sexes

The discussion of machismo in Latin America in the text indicates that

The restudy of women's role in the Trobriand Island exchanges indicated that

The learned behaviors perceived as masculine or feminine are called

________ is the term anthropologists use to refer to physical differences in primary and secondary sexual characteristics

In the gender-based violence against nonheterosexuals, ________ are especially vulnerable

During the El Salvador civil war (1977-1992), the group Co-Madres emerged as a political force that initially formed as a group of

More than 80 percent of victims of domestic violence in the United States

The phrases "boys will be boys" and "it's a girls' thing" reflect gender

Matthew Gutmann's research in Mexico indicates that

For anthropologists, ________ refers to the observable physical differences between male and female human beings, especially the biological differences related to human reproduction

Which of the following is a way that sports such as T-ball reinforce gender ideals in US children

Early feminist anthropological studies focused on identifying

Improved conditions across the globe indicate that the Millennial goal of achieving gender equality

Medical data indicate that ________ of individuals are born without the biological traits that make them easily classified biologically as male or female

According to the text, increased participation in the global economy means that many women who migrate from the global South find work as ________ in industrialized nations

The behaviors encouraged in sports-where boys are rewarded for competitiveness and girls are encouraged to play quietly-reflect

Which of the following does not factor into biological differences between men and women

An uneven distribution of power and access to resources, opportunities, rights, and privileges in which gender shapes who has access to a group's resources, opportunities, rights, and privileges is known as gender

Gender violence is widely expressed in all of the following ways, EXCEPT

On average, human men weigh ________ more than women

Gender-based violence commonly occurs

The pattern of behavior including gambling, drinking, infidelity, and drug use that Matthew Gutmann studied in Mexico is associated with

Anne Fausto-Sterling's analysis of biological sexual identity identifies

The United States requires that individuals identify legally as

Ida Susser's initial research focused on

Cross-cultural studies indicate that biology predicts

Emily Martin's analysis of the "fairy tale" of the egg and the sperm as presented in U. S. textbooks does NOT indicate that

By studying the "fag discourse" in US schools, anthropologists have learned that