1. Social Inequality

2. Learning Objectives • Explain the interconnectedness between stratification, economics, politics, subsistence, and kinship. • Demonstrate and understanding of basic concepts in cultural anthropology. • Distinguish between open and closed systems. • Distinguish between sex and gender.

3. Anthropology’s Interest in Inequality

4. Social stratification

5. Social Stratification • A system by which a ___________ ___________________________ • Access to resources • What is a resources? Is it purely economical?

6. Open vs Closed Systems Stratification systems are either Closed: ____________________ Open: ____________________ Checkpoint: What does mobility mean?

7. Closed Systems • ________________________________ • Caste systems • Checkpoint: • What are ascribed characteristics?

8. Caste Example: Japan’s Feudal Caste System • Feudalist era • Very complex cast system • Touchable • Untouchable

10. Open Systems • _______________________________ • Class systems • Checkpoint: • What are achieved characteristics? • Can you think of a culture with a class system?

11. Genderand Gender stratification

12. What is Gender? • Sex = biology • Sexual identity affects behavior • Gender • 1. • 2. KEY POINT: Gender, in several cultures, is not ________________

13. Terms for Lecture • Gender Roles • _____________________________ • [Distinguish between: Prestige systems & Power given in society] • Gender stereotypes • ____________________________________ • Gender stratification • ___________________________________

14. Gender Stratification Deviations • Boat making among the ________________ • Boats used to cross Missouri River were made by women

15. Gender Stratification

16. Gender Stratification Deviations • Hunting among Mbuti ‘pygmies’ • Africa’s Ituri forest • Women _______________ • Today men also hunt but their goal is centered on obtaining bushmeat for market sales

17. Gender Stratification

18. Gender Roles & Stratification • Interconnected with ______________ • Generally observed when: • _ subsistence contribution is lower than _ • Example: Foraging groups • ____________________ • What happens when gathering prominent?