Question 1

Domestic violence against women is prevalent in patrilineal-patrilocal systems in which women are cut off from their supportive kin ties.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Reasons why there are so many single-parent families headed by women include male migration, divorce, abandonment, and the idea that women are responsible for the children.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Cross-culturally, the subsistence contributions of men and women are roughly equal.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Flexibility in sexual expression seems to be an aspect of our primate heritage.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Intersex, a group of conditions involving discrepancy between external genitals and internal genitals, can have a variety of chromosomal causes that create a sex-gender difference. Which of the following chromosomal anomalies identifies a person with the chromosomes of a woman and female internal anatomy, but with male external genitals?

Accepted Answer

A)  XY Intersex person 
B)  True Gonadal Intersex person 
C)  Klinefelter's syndrome (XXY configuration) 
D)  XX Intersex person 
E)  Turner syndrome 
A)  XY Intersex person 
B)  True Gonadal Intersex person 
C)  Klinefelter's syndrome (XXY configuration) 
D)  XX Intersex person 
E)  Turner syndrome

Question 6

Based on research in the 1960s, which of the following statements about Etoro conceptions of heterosexual intercourse is NOT true?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was thought to sap a man's vitality. 
B)  Women who wanted too much heterosexual intercourse were viewed as witches. 
C)  Such sex was permitted only a hundred days a year. 
D)  It was permitted to take place only in the couple's residence. 
E)  It was seen as a necessary sacrifice that would eventually lead to a man's death. 
A)  It was thought to sap a man's vitality. 
B)  Women who wanted too much heterosexual intercourse were viewed as witches. 
C)  Such sex was permitted only a hundred days a year. 
D)  It was permitted to take place only in the couple's residence. 
E)  It was seen as a necessary sacrifice that would eventually lead to a man's death.

Question 7

The specific roles assigned to each gender vary from culture to culture.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

According to anthropologist Ann Stoler, the economic determinants of gender status include

Accepted Answer

A)  the level of interest rates and the price of oil. 
B)  controlling one's own and others' trend toward overconsumption. 
C)  free will and overcoming ideas that associate sin with the desires of the flesh. 
D)  free will and overcoming ideas that split the mind and body. 
E)  freedom or autonomy in terms of disposing of one's labor and its fruits, and social power: control over the lives, labor, and produce of others. 
A)  the level of interest rates and the price of oil. 
B)  controlling one's own and others' trend toward overconsumption. 
C)  free will and overcoming ideas that associate sin with the desires of the flesh. 
D)  free will and overcoming ideas that split the mind and body. 
E)  freedom or autonomy in terms of disposing of one's labor and its fruits, and social power: control over the lives, labor, and produce of others.

Question 9

Contrast gender roles in two of the following: A) foraging societies; B) matrilineal-matrilocal societies; C) patrilineal-patrilocal societies; D) pastoralists; and E) agriculturalists.

Accepted Answer

Foraging societies typically have more f

Question 10

What position do most anthropologists take on the matter of whether male dominance is a cultural universal? What is your own view on the matter? What evidence can you put forth to support your view?

Accepted Answer

Most anthropologists take the position t

Question 11

In agricultural societies, women generally dominate the practice of subsistence labor.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Domestic violence against women is prevalent in patrilineal-patrilocal systems in which women are cut off from their supportive kin ties.

Reasons why there are so many single-parent families headed by women include male migration, divorce, abandonment, and the idea that women are responsible for the children.

Cross-culturally, the subsistence contributions of men and women are roughly equal.

Flexibility in sexual expression seems to be an aspect of our primate heritage.

Based on research in the 1960s, which of the following statements about Etoro conceptions of heterosexual intercourse is NOT true?

The specific roles assigned to each gender vary from culture to culture.

According to anthropologist Ann Stoler, the economic determinants of gender status include

Contrast gender roles in two of the following: A) foraging societies; B) matrilineal-matrilocal societies; C) patrilineal-patrilocal societies; D) pastoralists; and E) agriculturalists.

What position do most anthropologists take on the matter of whether male dominance is a cultural universal? What is your own view on the matter? What evidence can you put forth to support your view?

In agricultural societies, women generally dominate the practice of subsistence labor.

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Exam 9: Gender

Domestic violence against women is prevalent in patrilineal-patrilocal systems in which women are cut off from their supportive kin ties.

Reasons why there are so many single-parent families headed by women include male migration, divorce, abandonment, and the idea that women are responsible for the children.

Cross-culturally, the subsistence contributions of men and women are roughly equal.

Flexibility in sexual expression seems to be an aspect of our primate heritage.

Based on research in the 1960s, which of the following statements about Etoro conceptions of heterosexual intercourse is NOT true?

The specific roles assigned to each gender vary from culture to culture.

According to anthropologist Ann Stoler, the economic determinants of gender status include

Contrast gender roles in two of the following: A) foraging societies; B) matrilineal-matrilocal societies; C) patrilineal-patrilocal societies; D) pastoralists; and E) agriculturalists.

What position do most anthropologists take on the matter of whether male dominance is a cultural universal? What is your own view on the matter? What evidence can you put forth to support your view?

In agricultural societies, women generally dominate the practice of subsistence labor.

What Is Anthropology

Culture

Method and Theory in Cultural Anthropology

Applying Anthropology

Language and Communication

Ethnicity and Race

Making a Living

Political Systems

Families, Kinship, and Descent

Marriage

Religion

Arts, Media, and Sports

The World System and Colonialism

Anthropologys Role in a Globalizing World

Filters