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Forum Question: Sex is a biological category (male, female) and gender is a more fluid category (woman, man, transgender).  Using the interactive PBS map about global concepts of gender to identify and then research another culture where there are third genders.  Why is gender diversity important?

Forum Question: Complete the Human Variation Quiz on the American Anthropological Association’s RACE: Are we do different? website (2011).  To navigate to the Quiz, follow the link, then click “Human Variation” then click “Human Variation Quiz”.  Identify which question(s) you had the most difficulty in answering and describe why.  Why are such misconceptions about race popularized?

Forum Question: Some theorists have argued that colonialism-and in turn anthropology-rely on defining rigid categories of Us and Others, emphasizing the differences between the categories and dehumanizing “Others,” treating them by different standards than we apply to “Us.” Reflect on the short Bower (2000) or Moor (2012) article.  Do you think this was the case in the research on Ishi or the treatment of Ota?