Cultural Flashcards
What are the similarities researchers have found in gender roles?
Every culture and society has some division of labour and behaviour by gender
Girls are socialised to be nurturing, responsible and obedient
Boys are raised to be assertive, independent and self-reliant
Food preparation and child care is predominantly carried out by females
Across all cultures, what division of labour is not solely carried out by men?
Feed preparation and child care. Sometimes this is shared but it is never the males major responsibility.
What studies are relevant to cross cultural influences?
Mead
Whiting and whiting
What were Mead’s findings?
That 3 different tribes in Papua New Guinea all behaved very differently. Arapesh men and women were gentle. The mundugumor men and women were violent and the Tchambuli women were dominant while the men were sumbmissive.
What do Meads findings demonstrate?
Cultural determinism
What is cultural determinism?
The belief that the culture in which we are raised determines who we are at an emotional and behavioural level
How do Meads findings illustrate cultural determinism?
Because the tribes were in a similar geographic area, their specific behaviours are influenced directly by their cultural norms and traditions and religious views and beliefs about specific behaviours for males and females
Why does meads study lack temporal validity?
HELP
What commentary is associated cultural influence?
Third gender, Lakota tribe
Explain the Lakota tribe…
They have a third label gender label of the winkte. Men who do not what to be warriors are sometimes labelled as winkte. They excel at crafts and prefer to take care of the children. Some travel with warriors serving as personal domestics
What debate is relevant to cultural influence?
Nature / nurture
Explain the nature / nurture debate…
Culture is a nurture explanation for gender because it explains how differences in culture am affect how humans are socialised. It explains different views, behaviours and attitudes which nature and biology cannot.
Why is cultural research helpful?
It identifies universal in behaviour and how different attitudes within a culture impact gender development. It also helps establish which elements of gender are determined by nature and nurture
What were whiting and whitings findings?
Of the 6 cultures he studied he found all parents had the same basic goals; to ensure their child’s survival, be attached to the family and be healthy.
What were whiting and whitings findings?
Of the 6 cultures he studied he found all parents had the same basic goals; to ensure their child’s survival, be attached to the family and be healthy.
