Instructions: Pick one question to answer from the five below. Your answer should be about 1 page (250 words) double-spaced. 1. Sex refers to a set of variable biological traits, but sex categories ca

Instructions:

Pick one question to answer from the five below. Your answer should be about 1 page (250

words) double-spaced.

1. Sex refers to a set of variable biological traits, but sex categories can be described as

a social construction. What does that mean/how is that so?

2. From an evolutionary perspective, how is language an advantageous adaption to the

environment?

3. How is health in biomedicine not just a biological measure, but also something that is

politically, socially, or culturally produced?

4. Antonio Gramsci used the term “hegemony” to describe how a dominant social group

can create consent by controlling forms of cultural production. Explain an example of

this process.

5. A social construction (such as race, class, or gender) is more than just a belief. How

are social constructions/social relationships produced/reproduced in a way that makes

them empirically observable phenomena?

Formatting Requirements:

• Indicate which question you are answering

• Double-space lines

• 12pt Times-New Roman font

• 1-page (approx. 250 words) in length

• You are not required or expected to cite outside sources, but if you do then they should be

properly cited both in-text and in a works cited list

• Upload to Brightspace as a PDF

• Note: Externally hosted documents (like google docs) that are not viewable without

additional permission may receive a 0

Grading Criteria:

Students will be graded on the four following criteria. Each criterion is worth 5 points. For

format and readability, you will start with 5/5 and have points reduced for errors. For

organization/logic and accuracy/argumentation, you will start with 4/5 and particularly well-

articulated answers will grant you an additional point.• Format:

o Meet the requirements listed above for full credit

• Readability

o Writing should be organized and clear, avoiding mistakes and typos that make

sentences hard to parse.

• Organization/Logic

o Writing should follow some sort of organization that a reader can follow

o Any points you make should be rooted in evidence (from the book, additional

readings, lectures, etc.)

o Writing that is clearly organized and easy to follow will receive full credit

• Accuracy and Argumentation

o While these questions ask for your personal analysis (or “opinion”), your

argument should be rooted in evidence

o Clearly articulate a thesis or argument in your answers

o Answers that reflect serious thought and engagement will receive full credit

Additional Information

Citation

• for additional help formatting in-text citations or writing a bibliography, see here:

https://owl.purdue.edu/

• Which style you use (MLA, APA, Chicago) does not matter. What’s important is that I

know which sources you’re citing and can find them without needing to copy/paste a

URL.

• DO NOT just copy/paste a URL in your works cited

Using examples

• When a question asks you to use an example, you are free to use any example you’d like.

That said, we have covered several examples in class and you have them at your disposal

• To help you answer these questions, you may use information from the textbook, optional

readings, powerpoints, lecture notes, or documentaries posted to Brightspace

Full citations for class resources

If you choose to cite class material, you can use these entries in your bibliography. Note that they

are in APA format:

Video

1. Hubbard, J. and Schulamn, S. (2012). United in Anger: A History of ACT UP! Self-

Published.

2. Black, S. (2001). Life and Debt. New Yorker Films: USA3. Singer, E. (2021). “Accent Expert Gives a Tour of US Accents.” Wired, Youtube.

Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1KP4ztKK0A

Texts (note: some of these are incomplete, but for our purposes that’s fine)

4. 5. Hasty, Lewis, and Snipes (2022). Introduction to Anthropology. OpenStax. Houston, TX.

Errington and Gewertz (2010). “Excusing the Haves and Blaming the Have-Nots in the

Telling of History.” Questioning Collapse: Human Resilience, Exological Vulnerability,

and the Aftermath of Empire. Patricia McAnany and Norman Yoffee, eds. Cambridge

University Press: Cambridge, MA.

6. Geertz, C. (1972, January). Deep play: Notes on the Balinese cockfight. American

academy of arts and sciences.

7. Levi-Strauss, C. (1963). “The Sorcerer and His Magic” Structural Anthropology. New

York: Basic Books.

8. Goldfarb, D. (2006). “The Sorcerer’s Stone” The Pharos