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on: Jul 10, 2018
What do anthropologists mean when they say that gender is a cultural construction?
 
  a. It is created entirely by culture and is not affected by biology in any way.
  b. It is a social fiction and does not exist.
  c. It shapes men and women into socially acceptable roles.
  d. It is something that is culturally universal, meaning that every culture uses the same categories.

Question 2

During what time period did the anthropology of women (feminist anthropology) first emerge formally as a specific focus for researchers?
 
  a. 1980s
  b. 1950s
  c. 1970s
  d. 1920s


pikon

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Reply #1 on: Jul 10, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANSWER:
c

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER:
c


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