Question 1

Provide an overview of Chinese gender relations from the traditional relations of the nineteenth century to the present.

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Question 2

What are the circumstances under which gender relations tend to be most equal in a society? Under what circumstances do they tend to be the most unequal?

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Question 3

Distinguish between the concepts of gender and sexuality, using transvestites and third-gender roles to explain your answer.

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Question 4

Describe gender roles and relations in traditional Iroquois society. May it be said that different, but balancing rights and obligations assigned to the genders resulted in a high degree of gender equality?

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Question 5

How have economic transformations affected gender relations in Ju/'hoansi and Inuit society? Why have the outcomes been different in these two societies?

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Question 6

Cross-culturally, what types of tasks are more usually performed by men? By women? What types of tasks are more likely to have variable gender assignments across cultures? How might these patterns be explained?

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Question 7

What were Two-Spirits in many Native American societies? In a general fashion, describe the role that Two-Spirits played in Native American societies.

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Question 8

Trace the changes that have taken place regarding women as members of the workforce in the United States from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present.

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Question 9

What kinds of effects did colonialism have on gender relations in indigenous societies in Africa and the Americas?

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Question 10

Contrast the gender roles that are found in traditional pastoral societies, such as the Maasai or Turkana, with those of horticultural societies, such as the Igbo. How are these different levels of gender stratification related to subsistence strategies?

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Question 11

Explain the distinction between gender and sex. In what ways do the two intersect? In what ways are they different?

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Question 12

Compare and contrast attitudes regarding homosexual behavior in the United States and Etoro society.

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