Insights from Cross-Cultural Examinations of Gender

 

I.                    What is Culture?

 

II.                 Contributions of Cross-Cultural Research to Understanding Gender Difference

a.       Variations in Gender Definitions

                                                               i.      Mead

                                                             ii.      Variation in Number of Genders

                                                            iii.      Sexuality Diversity

b.      Variation in Gender Difference -> Gender Inequality

                                                               i.      Division of Labor

                                                             ii.      Control over economic and political resources

                                                            iii.      Sex-ration