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Define sexual division of labor..
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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What is the cultural construction of gender?
 
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Answer to Question 1

The patterned ways in which productive activities and tasks are assigned to women versus men in a culture.

Answer to Question 2

The idea that the characteristics a people attribute to males and females are culturally, not biologically, determined.



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