University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign
ANTH 103
Essay Question #1 In my opinion, gender is an important category of analysis in sociocultural anthropology. Sex is biological but gender is the way members of the two sexes are perceived, evaluated, and expected to behave (class notes). These social definitions of maleness vs. fema
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Essay Question #1 In my opinion, gender is an important category of analysis in sociocultural anthropology. Sex is biological but gender is the way members of the two sexes are perceived, evaluated, and expected to behave (class notes). These social definitions of maleness vs. femaleness vary from culture to culture, so in order to get a better understanding on their way of life, anthropologists should observe through every lens, including gender, and not disregard any aspects of it. By leaving out certain categories, it creates bias and doesn’t provide the world with the whole picture. For example, many people have the idea that the veil Muslim women wear is a form of oppression. Many people want to “save” these women because they think these women are
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