Unit 3 exam review Flashcards
Sexuality
to sexual preferences, desires, & practices.
Sex
the reproductive forms and functions of the body.
Sexual dimorphism
the sexual differences between males and females of a species (anatomical; hormonal; & genetic), including those not directly related to reproduction.
Intersex
individuals who exhibit sexual organs & functions somewhere between male & female elements, often including elements of both.
Gender
the culture-specific intersection between sex, internal sense of self, outward expressions of identity, and expectations about how to perform that identity in society.
Gender roles
expected ways of behaving based on cultural definitions of masculinity & femininity.
Gender stratification
hierarchical ranking of members of society according to gender.
Gender ideology
a system of ideas & values that legitimizes gender roles, statuses, and customary behavior.
Sex & Temperament in Three Primitive Societies
Mead concluded “masculine” and “feminine” personality traits are “as lightly linked to sex as the clothing, the manners, and the form of head-dress that a society at a given period assigns to either sex.”
gender variance
Those who do not identify as male or female
transgender
If someone identifies as a gender other than what they were born as
hijras
The third gender
two-spirit
How Native Americans identify the third gender
We’wha (1849-1896)
a famous lhamana (two-spirit) of the Zuni people of New Mexico.
Diné people (aka Navajo)
Native Americans that live in the four corners region.
asdzààn
woman
hastíín
men
nádleehí
Born male acts as female
dilba
Born female acts as male
Fred Martinez (1985-2001)
A two spirit Navajo who was killed in a hate crime
hate crime
A crime that is directed at an entire group of people
kinship
the social system that organizes people into
families based on descent and marriage.
incest taboo
the prohibition of sexual relations between immediate relatives, usually between parents and children, and between siblings.
Kibbutz
A communal settlement in Israel.
consanguine
Those to whom we are related through descent
affine
Those to whom we are related through marriage
fictive kinship
refers to relationships among individuals who recognize kinship obligations in the absence of consanguineal or affinal ties.
corporate groups
a social group that shares some degree of practical interest, identity, residence, and destiny.
natal family
the family into which one is born and raised.
nuclear family
the family formed by a married couple and their children.