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25 Cards in this Set
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Affinity
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the complex system of culturally defined social relationships based on marriage
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Consanguinity
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the complex system of culturally defined social relationships based on birth
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Descent
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based on the notion of a common heritage
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Patrilineal descent
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links relatives through males only
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Matrilineal descent
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links relatives through females only
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Bilateral descent
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links a person to kin through both males and females simultaneously
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Monogamy
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one woman = one man
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Polygamy
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one person may be married to more than one person simultaneously
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Exogamy
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marriage outside any particular named group
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Endogamy
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marriage inside any particular named group
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Polyandry
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one woman = multiple men
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Polygyny
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one man = multiple women
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Gender
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social construct
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Sex
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biological category
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Gender Fixity
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the idea that there are certain kinds of capabilities, aptitudes, and professions that only men have and that only women have
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Gender Assignment
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learning to be a male or a female
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Gender Fluidity
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our ideas about men’s and women’s proper attributes, roles and capabilities change over time
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Margaret Mead
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studied 3 different New Guinea tribes; different gender constructs
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Gender Roles
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the attributes and activities that a society or culture ascribes to a sex
different from culture to culture or from group to group within the same culture |
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Third Gender Examples
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transgender; "berdache"
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Homosexuality
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Biological or cultural?
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Patriarchy
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male dominance
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Feminization of Poverty
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increasing
domestic violence |
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Scientific Racism
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Scientific “proof” that members of one race were intellectually superior to members of other races
Social Hierarchy of whites on top was supported by “evidence” of brain size and intelligence; “proving” the biological and social superiority of whites over Others According to scientific racism, distribution of power and resources in the 19th century America accurately reflected social and biological merit! |
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Samuel George Morton
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Measured cranial capacity
Worked to justify and naturalize racial hierarchies |
