Sexed and Gendered Bodies

Question 1

TRUE or FALSE
Different cultures think about and go about being women and men in different ways in their everyday lives

Answer 1

TRUE

Question 2

TRUE or FALSE
Not all cultures think about sex or do gender in terms of male versus female and masculine versus feminine

Answer 2

TRUE

Question 3

Within the __________, everyday life was traditionally organized to allow for a category of people who are not simply men/masculine or women/feminine

Answer 3

First Nation peoples of North America

Question 4

The generic name used by Europeans

Answer 4

berdaches

Question 5

nádleheé in the ______

Answer 5

Navajo

Question 6

Ihamana among the _____

Answer 6

Zuni

Question 7

TRUE or FALSE
It is argued that male berdaches, therefore, constitute a third, and female berdaches a fourth, gender

Answer 7

TRUE

Question 8

born biologically male and adopt the role of men

Answer 8

masculine man (hastiin)

Question 9

TRUE or FALSE
Navajo culture is matrilineal

Answer 9

TRUE

Question 10

They are born biologically female and function
socially as women

Answer 10

feminine woman (asdzaan)

Question 11

born biologically male and functions socially as a woman

Answer 11

feminine man (nádleehí)

Question 12

born biologically female but function as a man

Answer 12

masculine woman (dilbaa)

Question 13

In India, there are ________

Answer 13

hijras

Question 14

Indians follow the goddess _________

Answer 14

Bahuchara Mata

Question 15

This culture understands identity, including gender identity, in terms of a person’s position in society and their relation to others in the community

Answer 15

Samoan culture

Question 16

The third gender, who have a recognized
position within everyday Samoan life

Answer 16

fa’afafine

Question 17

People are inclined to be _______ (evaluating other cultures according to one’s own cultural standards)

Answer 17

ethnocentric

Question 18

They might dress like women, undertake the crafts and other work usually done by women, and usually engage in sex with men once matured

Answer 18

Berdaches

Question 19

Given that Navajo culture is matrilineal, the first gender is the

Answer 19

feminine woman (asdzaan)

Question 20

a ________ continues to have a penis; some dress as women and some do not

Answer 20

fa’afafine