Write an Essay: Conventional Western thought often begins with the premise that “sex” is a natural fact and that this fact determines why different social roles exist for men and women. Drawing on class materials, explain how this conventional wisdom is challenged by anthropological understandings of the person as a social and cultural being. This essay should both explain the anthropological critique of naturalistic explanations as well as elaborate how gender is a social and cultural construct. Essay: Conventional Western thought often begins with the premise that “sex” is a natural fact and that this fact determines why different social roles exist for men and women. Drawing on class materials, explain how this conventional wisdom is challenged by anthropological understandings of the person as a social and cultural being. This essay should both explain the anthropological critique of naturalistic explanations as well as elaborate how gender is a social and cultural construct.
