Chapter 7

Gender
 An Introduction to Gender

• Gender Studies
– An Important
Subdiscipline of
Anthropology
 Big Questions

• Are Men and Women Born or Made?

• Are There More than Two Sexes?
• How Do Anthropologists Explore the
Relationship between Gender and Power?
• How Is Globalization Transforming Gender
Roles and Stratification?
Are Men and Women Born or Made?
 Are Men and Women Born or Made?

• Distinguishing
between Sex and
Gender
 Are Men and Women Born or Made?

• Distinguishing
between Sex and
Gender
• The Cultural
Construction of
Gender
 Are Men and Women Born or Made?

• Distinguishing between Sex and Gender

• The Cultural Construction of Gender
– Teaching Gender in the United States: Boys, Girls,
and Youth Sports
 Are Men and Women Born or Made?

• Distinguishing
between Sex and
Gender
• The Cultural
Construction of
Gender
– Boys, Girls, and Youth
Sports
– Constructing
Masculinity in a U. S.
High School
 Are Men and Women Born or Made?

• Distinguishing
between Sex and
Gender
• The Cultural
Construction of
Gender
– Boys, Girls, and Youth
Sports
– Constructing
Masculinity
• The Performance of
Gender
Are There More than Two Sexes?
 Are There More than Two Sexes?

• A Theory of Five
Sexes
 Are There More than Two Sexes?

• A Theory of Five
Sexes
• Alternate Sexes,
Alternate
Genders
 Are There More than Two Sexes?

• A Theory of Five
Sexes
• Alternate Sexes,
Alternate Genders
– Hijras in Hindu Ritual
 Are There More than Two Sexes?

• A Theory of Five
Sexes
• Alternate Sexes,
Alternate
Genders
– Hijras in Hindu
Ritual
– Two-Spirits in
Native North
America
 How Do Anthropologists Explore the
Relationship between Gender and Power?
 How Do Anthropologists Explore the
Relationship between Gender and Power?

• Revisiting Early Research on Male

Dominance
 How Do Anthropologists Explore the
Relationship between Gender and Power?

• Revisiting Early Research on Male Dominance

• Gender Stereotypes, Ideology, and Stratification
 How Do Anthropologists Explore the
Relationship between Gender and Power?

• Revisiting Early
Research on Male
Dominance
• Gender Stereotypes,
Ideology, and
Stratification
– The Egg and the
Sperm
 How Do Anthropologists Explore the
Relationship between Gender and Power?

• Revisiting Early
Research on Male
Dominance
• Gender Stereotypes,
Ideology, and
Stratification
– The Egg and the
Sperm
– Man the Hunter,
Woman the
Gatherer
 How Do Anthropologists Explore the
Relationship between Gender and Power?

• Challenging
Gender
Ideologies and
Stratification
 How Do Anthropologists Explore the
Relationship between Gender and Power?

• Challenging
Gender
Ideologies and
Stratification
– Mothers of “The
Disappeared” in El
Salvador
How Is Globalization Transforming Women’s
Lives?
How Is Globalization Transforming Women’s
Lives?

• Impacts on Women in the Labor Force

How Is Globalization Transforming Women’s
Lives?

• Impacts on Women in the Labor Force

• Gendered Patterns of Global Migration