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Mr. Wonderful

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What are the four factors that affect the demand for children cross-culturally?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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What are third gender roles and gender pluralism? Discuss two examples.
 
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Answer to Question 1

Answer: The ideal answer will include:
1. Children's labor value.
2. Children's value as old-age support for parents.
3. Infant and child mortality rates.
4. Economic costs of children.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: The ideal answer will include:
1. Third gender roles exist as a legitimate alternative to male and female in some cultures.
2. An example is the two-spirit people in some American Indian groups.
3. Gender pluralism refers to the presence of multiple categories of masculinity, femininity, and blurred gender roles within a culture.
4. An example is the hijras in India.
5. These examples demonstrate that culture, and not simply biology, shapes gender categories.



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