INTRODUCTION: SEX AND GENDER ACCORDING TO ANTHROPOLOGISTSĪnthropologists are fond of pointing out that much of what we take for granted as “natural” in our lives is actually cultural-it is not grounded in the natural world or in biol-ogy but invented by humans.2 Because culture is invented, it takes different forms in different places and changes over time in those places.
Identify ways in which culture shapes sex/gender and sexuality.
