Anth 1 April

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Happy Fish Day!
papers (?!) turned in

exam Wed:
50 multiple guess, 1 essay, bring notecards

Extra Credit (at Dunwoody Campus, except as noted):

• film: Beneath the Veil e0330 18-20:30


• April 2, lecture: Sept 11 and Women's Rights, A Pakistani Perspective 9:40-10:40
  
• April 3 Lecture: Sept 11 and 11 and the Islamic Faith 1:45-2:45 (take exam early, say 12:15 at office)
  
• April 3 Lecture: Sept 11 and the Global Peace Initiatives - Village to Village (healthcare) 6:00 - 7:00 (pm?)
  
• April 12 International Festival 10-14 at Clarkston Campus
  

up to a maximum of 15 points each for a maximum of two sessions
write synopsis of experience and comment on interesting, surprising
max of about two pages



Gender: Defining Masculine and Feminine:
brainstorm masculine

• strength
  
• husky deep voice
  
• political executive power
  
• expectation of emotional detachment, stoicism
  
• Superman, Colin Powell, Michael Jordon, John Wayne
  

brainstorm feminitity

• soft
  
• emotional
  
• smaller size
  
• smell good
  
• nurturing
  
• "pretty bird" : accessories, makeup, hair, cosmetic surery, posture, carriage
  

masculinity

• body builders
  
  masculine aspect
  • musculature -> strength
  • broad shoulders
  • importance of strength to male image
  
  
  feminine aspect
  • oiled skin
  • shaved skin
  • narcisicism
  • display, pagentry
  
  

Mali: Boro Fulani

• traditional herders of cattle and camels
  
• feared, renowned as caravan raiders
  
• garwald: males presented to females
  
• men primp and make up themselves and wear skirts of womens' cloth
  
• dance every day for a week, facing the sun for good lighting
  
• women are looking for potential husbands
  

male stereotype:

• lanky, tall
• good teeth
• skin
• facial features
  
• men are "pretty bird"
  
• feminine?
  
  • dancing
  • tweezing
  • group grooming
  • bangles

Femininity:

• foot binding: Chinese woman with bound, broken feet (pointed)


• wasp waist: woman being laced into a corset (one man's boot)

Legal differences between genders in Americas:

• Colonial: women and their property, money are husband's property


• -> 1970s: loans, credit required a male (21 yo+) co-sign or account holder

Dr Mead looking for Universal Gender Traits in New Zealand:
Arapesh:

• work together
  
• men and women both involved in childcare
  
• both warm and nurturing, tender, emotive
  

Mundagumore

• frequent involvment in inter-village warfare
  
• emotional repression, cold, even to children
  
• frequent violence, babies spit at and slap parents
  
• open hostility as defense mechanism
  

Tchambuli

• men concerned about appearance, spend hours in mens' house primping and gossiping about women
  
• little boys spent time with the men in the mens' house
  
• little girls went to work with mothers
  
• women were entrepreneurs, socializied wiht other women
  
• behaviour reminded Dr Mead of men in Irish pub
  

Third genders (in CP):

• Zuni Berdache: warrior who assumed women's tasks
  
• no stigma in their culture