Mukhopadhyay #1

Question 1

Patriarchy

Answer 1

Describes a society with a male-dominated political and authority structure and an ideology that privileges males over females in domestic and public spheres

Question 2

Matrilineal

Answer 2

Societies where descent or kinship group membership is transmitted through women

From mothers to their children

Question 3

Transgender

Answer 3

A category for people who transition from one sex to another, either male-to-female or female-to-male.

Question 4

Cisgender

Answer 4

A term used to describe those who identify with the sex and gender they were assigned at birth.

Question 5

Third gender

Answer 5

A gender identity that exists in non-binary gender systems o ering one or more gender roles separate from male or female.

Question 6

Patrilineal

Answer 6

societies where descent or kinship group membership is transmitted through men, from men to their children (male and female), and then through sons, to their children, and so forth.

Question 7

Binary model of gender and sexuality

Answer 7

Cultural definitions of gender that include only two identities–male and female.

Question 8

Intersex

Answer 8

Ambiguous or mixed biological sex chromosomes

Question 9

Hunting hypothesis

Answer 9

Argued Male dominance is universal

Molded man

Gave species its distinctive characteristics

Question 10

Sambia

Answer 10

Small scale horticultural groups where gender differentiation is still present

Ex: space in a house is divided into male and female areas

Question 11

Mahu

Answer 11

A gender category for persons who reply and participate in complex combinations of masculine and feminine signs and practices

Question 12

Waria

Answer 12

Biological men who live openly as women