What Does a Biocultural Approach to Human Carriage and Gesture

question 20

Multiple Choice

What does a biocultural approach to human carriage and gesture tell us in regard to how human males and females move their bodies?

• A) Male and female gesture and carriage differences are the same across cultures, confirming current understandings of gender's natural basis.
• B) Cross-cultural diversity in male and female carriage and gesture norms challenges the assumption that gendered ways of moving the body are 'universal.'
• C) How someone moves is wholly a reflection of that person's individual personality.
• D) Gesture is an integral part of language, and therefore provides the best insight into the way males and females differentially view or categorize their worlds.
• E) Females around the world sit with legs together, and men around the world sit with legs apart; so this is a natural way of sitting tied to 'sex,' not 'gender.'

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Definitions:

Dura Mater

The outer membrane covering the brain and spinal cord.

Paralyses

The loss of muscle function in part of your body, often resulting from damage to the nervous system.

Spastic

Relating to or affected by muscle spasms or involuntary contractions.

Flaccid

lacking firmness or stiffness; often referring to a state of muscle weakness or limpness.