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Chapter 9: Gender Learning Objectives After completing this chapter, you should be able to: Explain the difference between sex and gender and why this distinction is important. Understand that a sexual division of labor exists in all societies and some of the reasons as to why they exist. Discuss gender stratification and those factors that influence the degree of gender stratification within a society. Understand that most societies recognize more than two gender identities and have different explanations for the existence of these additional identities. Discuss how globalization is influencing gender stratification within societies. cultural construction of gender The idea that the characteristics a people attribute to males and females are culturally, not biologically, determined. gender crossing The adoption of social roles and behaviors normatively appropriate for the opposite biological sex from one’s own. gender stratification The degree of inequality between males and females based on culturally defined differences between the sexes; may be based on social status (rank, prestige) or on access to resources, wealth, power, or influence. multiple gender identities The presence in some cultures of more than two sexes, with the third- and fourth-gender identities often called by terms such as man-woman and woman-man. sexual division of labor The patterned ways in which productive activities and tasks are assigned to women versus men in a culture.