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Anthropology part 1 (Religion and Culture (Hijabs (some women believe its…

- - - - Only Countries under the rule of the Taliban require women to wear a Hijab or Burqa
- - - - The Question: What Common factors are there in the
      - lives of people who have gone on shooting sprees at their
      - former places of work?
      - example: what common factors are there in the lives of people who've gone on shooting sprees at their former work places
  - - - Question: What factors in his personality led he or she to commit this crime?
- - - - The infrastructure ex. rice
        The Structure ex. Consumption of rice The Superstructure ex. Rice god
- - - - Problems with participant observation - highly subjective (researchers point of view and cultural background can shift their conclusions). For more reliable conclusions, they use objective data (fact based data and uninfluenced by personal perspectives.)
- - - - Male identity and culture: As a society, we don't spend as much time on male gender roles but male identity is just as culturally constructed as female. Men are expected to be stronger and traditionally be the workers in a family.
        
        Example: Wearing a skirt in Canada is generally not considered manly but in several other cultures, skirts have been wore historically and skirt-like articles of clothing are still worn today. A culture's idea of what is manly can have a dramatic effect on both the economy and ecology.
      - Female Identity and Culture: Many people make choices based on these expectations and strive to meet the ideals set out by their culture. Western cultures assume women are more nurturing, caring and emotional than men.
        
        Body Image in Niger Page 147
        
        The ideal body for girls and woman is very different from Canada
        
        Fat female form is celebrated, desired and actively pushed
        
        Girls are fattened from a young age. After puberty it's early marriage at which time they are to maintain the fat figure
        
        Steroypes
        
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- - - - INFORMATION AND INNOVATION
      - Women bring different information and perspectives.
      - Female representation lead an increase of 42 million infirm value.
      - Different genders bring unique perspectives.
      - Women were apart of the top leadership ranks.
      - A study in 2005 to 2011 found that companies with one or more women on the board found that it delivered a higher average return on equity and a better average growth.
      - HOW DIVERSITY PROVOKES THOUGHT
        
        It influences how succeptible people are to other ideas, effecting innovation, quality, and performance.
        
        Large data sets show that diversity is correlated with better performance not that it causes better performance but diversity in small groups makes it possible to draw some more casual conclusions.
        
        Diversity help innovate and generate new ideas
      - THE POWER OF ANTICIPATION
        
        People will be working harder to impress because they do not know if a different race/gender etc are thinking the same thing.
        
        anticipating a difference in opinion - working harder to prove your point of view to the other person
        
        diversity does not change the way your brain thinks, instead it makes you work harder to improve and impress, makes you have a more appealing statement and pushes you to get your facts straight/more accurate
        
        GROUP EXERSIZE
- - - - Hypodescent (America)
      - Physical Characteristics (Brazil)
      - Language and Skin Colour (Haiti)
      - Bias and Stereotypes (Canada
    - - Ethnic Identity Search
        
        Stage begins with an event in a persons life which makes them question if they fit in (racism, exploration, etc.)
      - Ethnic Identity Achievement
        
        Person resolves all previous conflicts and forms an identity that includes elements of both/all cultures
      - Unexamined Ethnic Identity
        
        Person does not see a difference between themselves and the dominant society
    - - Assimilation
      - Integration
      - Seperation
      - Marginalization
    - - Continuously throughout a persons life
    - - Varitation
        
        More genetic variation exists within races than between them
      - Heritability
      - Environmental Fitness