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ericka1

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on: Jul 10, 2018
What do anthropologists mean by saying that there is a cultural construction of gender?
 
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Distinguish between sex and gender.
 
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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.


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Reply 2 on: Jul 10, 2018
Wow, this really help

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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