Week Two - 1970's Feminism Flashcards
1
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What did Margaret Mead’s study explore?
A
Her study focused on adolescence in Samoa and compared it with American society in 1928. Are disturbances integral to adolescence or is it a product of the environment/society?
2
Q
Why were the 1970s a turning point?
A
Several key publications emerged, the explicit beginning of feminist anthropology.
3
Q
What is the ‘double male bias’?
A
The bias we bring from our societies and the bias in the societies we study.
4
Q
Why are women closer to nature than men?
A
- The body and its natural ‘procreative’ functions
- Social role as a mother
- Women’s psyche
5
Q
What is a ‘sex/gender’ system?
A
The set of arrangements by which a society transforms biological sexuality into products of human activity.
