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Return to Anthropology: What Does It Mean to Be Human? 2Ce Student Resources
Chapter 11 Practice Quiz
What Can Anthropology Teach Us about Sex, Gender, and Sexuality?
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The term "_______" is preferred by many First Nations people in Canada to designate those who identify with an alternative gender role.
two-spirited
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hijra
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amautik
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bilateral
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Gender can be an important consideration in global concerns because _______.
there is persistent inequality between women and men in many countries
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domestic and general violence against women is higher
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targeting women for development can yield better outcomes for family health
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of changing family structures in response to globalization
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The differences that are the result of patriarchy as well as structured racial and class oppression create a phenomenon called _______.
post-ideology
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patrilineality
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binary gender
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intersectionality
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Lancaster's encounter with a Nicaraguan informant who displayed multiple forms of gender identity in dress and mannerisms led him to assert that gender was ________.
something that we are
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something that we do
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something that we perform
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something that innate
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Sexual attraction to males, females, and transgender males and female is called _______.
bisexuality
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homosexuality
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presexuality
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pansexuality
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In the contemporary world of global communication and exchange, anthropologists are finding that ________.
Western and non-Western same-sex practices are becoming entangled
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local movements for sexual identity and expression rights are growing
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reactions to new identities prompt heavy reactions from some countries and states
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sexuality and gender identity are equity issues
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Shepherd's work on rank and gender in Eastern Africa shows us that ________.
men and women are not open about their same-sex relationships
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wealthy, high-ranking Muslim women are constrained in lesbian relationships
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women need to be lesbians to build a circle of dependents
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woman marriage can take many forms
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Which of the following findings from Afsaneh Najmabadi's study of gender relations in Iran is not true?
Western conceptions of sex, gender, and sexuality do not map easily onto Iranian categories
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Islamic law could allow for sexual reassignment treatment
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Most religious authorities eagerly denounce sexual nonconformity
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The self-identification that embodies the fluidity of gender as a social construct is called ________.
heterosexual
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gay
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bisexual
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non-binary
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The systematic sociocultural structures and practices of inequality - derived from patriarchal institutions - that continue to shape relations between women and men is called _______.
racism
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ageism
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womanism
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feminism
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Anthropologists have only recently become interested in sex, gender, and sexuality.
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Melanesian peoples tend to view males and females as androgynous.
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Feminism showed that women's roles needed to be focused on independently from the roles of men.
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Men add and remove elements of their masculinities, and these are often culturally structured.
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Individual agency and gender performativity have underpinned much LGBTQ+ activism and research.
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Middle Eastern men correspond very closely to commonly perceived views of marriage and love from a Western perspective.
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Gender binary is not the reflection of the lived and social reality of people.
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Western assumptions about sexuality translate fairly easily to non-Western contexts.
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Intersectionality ties issues of sexuality and gender to broader issues of racism, inequality, and structural oppression.
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Pansexual people are attracted to men and women equally.
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