ANTHRO 205 1st Edition Lecture 12 Outline of Last Lecture I Legacies and Reparations a Article b Overview of the industrial perspective on racism II Redlining Outline of Current Lecture I What does it mean to be a man or a woman II Sex vs Gender III Sara s Presentation on The Effects of Poor Environment Conditions on Growth a Subdivisions of Biological Anthropology b Growth c Influence of the Industrial Era d Female Buffering Current Lecture Sex and Gender What does it mean to be a man or a woman o We tend to think about biology o Cultural and social influence Sex vs Gender o Sex The biological features that distinguish males from females These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute o Gender The culturally informed set of meanings associated with masculinity and femininity in a particular society What it means to be a man or a woman what is expected and considered in a particular society Gender is something learned In the past boys were breached into pants example of Roosevelt used in class The Effects of Poor Environment Conditions on Growth o Biological Anthropology Skeletal Biology Growth and Development Sexual Dimorphism o Identify sex in pre pubertal skeleton Boys and girls before the age of 12 have no difference in skeletal samples To study The Effects of Poor Environment Conditions on Growth you need the cause of death sex and age to be known so that there is no bias or mislead information in the study o Growth Normal conditions Sexual Dimorphism Poor conditions Any type of stressor causes a Increased mortality b Lower height o Influence of the Industrial Era Environmental conditions started to become very poor People started to become more stressed do to change in work force and production o Female Buffering Girls have more fat than boys and therefore tend to survive for a longer period of time and live better than boys o Hypothesis Presented All children from industrial era samples will exhibit stunted growth compared to modern health More stunting living with the disease for a longer period of time Is there more dimorphism n the upper class sample Dimorphism is lower class not upper could be due to higher SES in males allowing them to treat or control the disease for a longer period of time