Author Question: What do anthropologists mean by saying that there is a cultural construction of gender? What will ... (Read 36 times)

ericka1 · **on:** Jul 10, 2018

What do anthropologists mean by saying that there is a cultural construction of gender?

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Distinguish between sex and gender.

What will be an ideal response?

kaykay69 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 10, 2018

Answer to Question 1

It is the idea that gender characteristics are the result of historical, economic, and political forces acting within each culture.

Answer to Question 2

Sex is the biological difference between male and female, while gender is the cultural articulation of these differences between male and female how they are socially meaningful in that culture.