Anthropology 1102-012 Quiz 12

Men hunt, and therefore accrue vastly more prestige than women

Warfare makes men dominant over women

The status of women falls when they provide most of the food

Men and women are completely equal; there is no gender inequality

The lack of a clear public-domestic dichotomy seems to be related to relatively mild gender inequality

Women are the primary producers of subsistence crops

Women govern the extradomestic distribution of prestige items

Women fear contacts, including sexual intercourse, with men

Polygyny decreases household productivity because a man must provide for more than one wife

Population pressure on strategic resources is relaxed

Sex roles

Sex stereotypes

Gender stereotypes

Gender roles

Gender duties

Equality between the genders is common among horticulturalists

There are some societies in which women control all the strategic resources and carry out the most prestigious activities

Patriachies are strongest in societies in which men control significant goods that are exchanged with people outside the family

The more women contribute to the domestic sphere, the more publicly recognized power they achieve

The less women contribute to the public sphere, the more publicly recognized power they achieve

Men control the distribution of goods outside the domestic sphere

Men work harder at food production and manufacturing than women do

Men are in short supply owing to the practice of male infanticide

Men are approximately equal in status to women

Men trade subsistence goods but not prestige items

The prestige of women is much lower than it is among northern foragers like the inuit (eskimo)

Women's work usually contributes more to the diet than does men's work; consequently, there is less gender stratification

The distinction between public and domestic spheres of activity is much sharper than it is most horticultural societies

There is no sex-based division of labor

Women never take part in hunting

The separation of spheres of exchange

The separation of secular and scared

The separation of elite and commoners

The separation of home and outside world

The separation of cooking and sleeping spaces in residential areas

Gender roles of mena nd women are largely determined by their biological capabilities-relative strength, endurance, intelligence, etc

Women are subservient in nearly all societies because their subsistence activities contribute much less to the total diet than do those of men

Foraging, horticultural, pastoral, and industrial societies all have similar attitudes toward sex but different attitudes toward gender

Changes in gender roles of mena nd women are usually associated with social decay and anarchy

The relative prestige of women is variable, depending on factors such as subsistence strategy, the importance of warfare, and the prevalence of a domestic-public dichotomy

Patrilineality

Patrilocality

Warfare

Reduced gender stratification

Male supremacy

Different types of sexual desires and experiences hold different meanings for individuals and groups

There is conclusive scientific evidence that sexual orientation is genetically determined

In a society, individuals will differ in the nature, range, and intensity of sexual interests and urges

Culture always plays a role in molding individual sexual urges toward a collective norm and these norms vary from culture to culture

Asexuality, indifference toward, or lack of attraction to either sex, is also sexual orientation