social construction of gender - SUNY Morrisville

There are African and Am erican Indian so cieties that have a gender status called manly hearted women - biological fem ales who work, m arry, and parent as m en; their social status is "fem ale m en" (Am adium e 1987; Blackwood 1984). They do not have to behave or dr ess as m en to have the social responsibilities and pr erogatives of husbands ...

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