Anthropolgy Research Paper (Essay Sample)

Name
Instructor’s Name
Course Number
Date
ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
How can historical records be used to match present cultural behaviors on changing gender disparities in the society?
Muller, Jocelyn
Journal of Ecological Anthropology, Vol. 11, No. 1, January 1, 2007
In her work, Jocelyn Muller describes and states the challenges she faced in trying to end gender bias. She describes her effort in Niger in trying to campaign for women inclusion in research work. The society she was working in did not encourage a lot of women participation in some areas. Most of the women were even undergoing early marriages due to their outdated cultural beliefs and way of life. They were also less educated and their culture could not allow them to work alongside male researchers. Women remained at home most of the times to look after the family issues. The number of women learners in the country’s education institutes and schools was very low. Jocelyn successfully achieved women participation in research in the society, even though the challenges were very many. Not many men allowed their wives to participate in some activities in a career viewed to be men’s territory. Anthropologists must campaign against gender segregation to achieve society involvement in problem resolutions. It is not that men have more knowledge or power in certain fields. Women too have the capability of performing similar tasks when given the opportunity or platform. Jocelyn seeks to encourage an all-inclusive society free from gender disparities. She encourages all anthropologists and researchers to come together in rallying people behind gender segregation.
Steffens, Melanie C.
Gender bias in fame judgments. Volume 12, number 3, June 2005.
Steffens argues the unfair judgment of familiar names to those of non-familiar names. He explains that this effect is larger in males compared to females. This effect demonstrates a kind of gender stereotype. In the argument, it was found out that the famous male names were more popular than female ones. The results seemed to prove there might have been more male participation in the study compared to women. However, there seems to be some gender disparities in as to why the male names were more familiar than the female names. These may be attributed to different factors mainly cultural factors. Societies where men are more empowered than their female counterparts tend to have these problems. Men are viewed to have more power and knowledge and hence occupy more roles. Anthropologist...