The example of the Navajo berdaches, anatomically normal men defined as a third gender between male and female, illustrates what concept?

A. Biological determinism
B. Hermaphroditism
C. Gender as a social construction
D. Gender stratification


Answer: C

Sociology

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a. true b. false

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A. general fertility rate. B. crude fertility rate. C. total fertility rate. D. refined fertility rate.

Sociology