5. Identity, Race and Ethnicity

Gender And Sexuality — Quiz

Test your understanding of gender and sexuality with 5 practice questions.

Practice Questions

Question 1

Which anthropologist introduced the concept of ‘gender performativity’ to describe how gender identity is constituted through repeated acts?

Question 2

In the context of cultural models of gender, what does the term ‘gender binary’ refer to?

Question 3

Which term describes the socially constructed expectations and norms associated with biological sex categories?

Question 4

A community recognizes individuals assigned male at birth who embody both masculine and feminine roles and are revered as spiritual leaders. This best illustrates which anthropological concept?

Question 5

In a society where women’s labor is valued equally in subsistence activities but men dominate formal political structures, what term describes this arrangement?