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| Compatibility-With-Child-Care Theory (p. 308) |
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Womens tasks tend to be compatible with childcare
Breastfeeding
Must stay close to home |
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| Economy-of-Effort Theory (p. 310) |
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Explain pattern than cannot easily be explained but the compatibility or strength theories
It may be advantageous for men to make musical instruments because men collect the materials involved
They collect it, they are more knowledgeable about it |
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| Expendability Theory (p. 310) |
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Men will tend to do more dangerous work because they are more expendable
Less disadvantageous to lose a man for reproduction than a woman |
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| Gender Differences (p. 306) |
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Differences between men and women, usually reserved strictly to biological differences
Cultural and biological differences sometimes get merged
Not always just two categories |
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| Role assignments for men and women that have biological and cultural components |
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| Gender Stratification (p. 317) |
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Different status, rights, political involvement, little influence
Women often have a lower status
Double standards |
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| Primary Subsistence Activities (p. 311) |
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Definition
| Gathering, hunting, fishing, herding and farming |
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| Secondary Subsistence Activities (p. 311) |
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| Processing and preparation of food for eating or storing |
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| Sexually Dimorphic (p. 307) |
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Males and females are generally different in size and appearance
Females have wider pelvises
Males are taller and heavier |
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Greater strength of males and their superior capacity to mobilize their strength in quick bursts of energy
Universal reasoning for division of labor |
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Why Some Societies Let Women Participate in Combat |
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Military units do not always allow women, think they aren't as physically able to
Societies with women warriors differ from those that exclude women in two ways
1) They conduct war only against people in different societies - purely external
2) They marry within their community |
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