Key Concepts of Cultural Anthropology
Chapter 9 Sex, Gender, and Culture

Key Terms
Compatibility-with-childcare theoryPrimary subsistence activities
Economy-of-effort theory Secondary subsistence activities
Expendability theorySex differences
Gender differencesSexually dimorphic
Gender rolesStrength theory
Gender stratification





Suggested Internet & InfoTrac College Edition Exercises
@ Go online to the National Center for Biotechnology Information's website http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
@ Check out women’s work in Sierra Leone at website: http://www.fao.org/news/factfile/ff9719-e.htm or http://www.fao.org/news/factfile/ff9718-e.htm. What impressed you most?
@ The global gender gap is addressed at website: http://www.undp.org/trustfunds/TTFGender091101E.PDF
@ Visit website: http://www.swc-cfc.gc.ca/ to learn about the status of women and their changing role in Canada.

 

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