Mukhopadhyay #1 Flashcards

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Patriarchy

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Describes a society with a male-dominated political and authority structure and an ideology that privileges males over females in domestic and public spheres

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Matrilineal

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Societies where descent or kinship group membership is transmitted through women

From mothers to their children

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Transgender

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A category for people who transition from one sex to another, either male-to-female or female-to-male.

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Cisgender

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A term used to describe those who identify with the sex and gender they were assigned at birth.

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Third gender

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A gender identity that exists in non-binary gender systems o ering one or more gender roles separate from male or female.

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Patrilineal

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societies where descent or kinship group membership is transmitted through men, from men to their children (male and female), and then through sons, to their children, and so forth.

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Binary model of gender and sexuality

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Cultural definitions of gender that include only two identities–male and female.

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Intersex

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Ambiguous or mixed biological sex chromosomes

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Hunting hypothesis

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Argued Male dominance is universal

Molded man

Gave species its distinctive characteristics

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Sambia

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Small scale horticultural groups where gender differentiation is still present

Ex: space in a house is divided into male and female areas

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Mahu

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A gender category for persons who reply and participate in complex combinations of masculine and feminine signs and practices

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Waria

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Biological men who live openly as women

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