CULTURAL VARIATION

NATIONALITY AND
ETHNICITY
NATIONALITY- is the identity that is tied to being part of a nation or
country; a “group of people who share the same history, traditions, and
language” and who inhabits a particular territory delineated by political
border and controlled by a government
American Indian
Mexican
Korean
ETHNIC GROUPS- is a human
population whose members
identify with each other, usually on
the basis of a presumed common
genealogy or ancestry.
With in a nation are smaller
cultural groups that share specific
environments, traditions, and
histories that are not necessarily
subscribed to by the mainstream
culture.
SOCIAL DIFFERENCES
GENDER- refers to the socially constructed roles,
behavior, activities, and attributes that a given
society considers appropriate for men and
women.
Unlike SEX- which refer to the biological
characteristics of human such as male or female,
gender categories are more varied,
accommodating identities such as lesbian, gay,
bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex,
asexual, pansexual, polyamory and kink
(LGBTQIAPK).
GENDER IDENTITIES
HETEROSEXUAL- A person with this gender is inclined to be sexually
attracted to a person of the opposite sex.
HOMOSEXUAL- When a person is sexually attracted to a person of the
same sex.
GAY- A male who is romantically and sexually attracted to another
male.
LESBIAN- A female who is romantically and sexually attracted to
another female.
GENDER IDENTITIES

BISEXUAL- Some individuals who are attracted to both sexes.

ASEXUAL- Some who are totally incapable of being attracted to any sex.
POLYSEXUAL- Individuals who are attracted to multiple types of gender
identity.
PANSEXUAL- Individuals who accommodate all types of gender.
GENDER IDENTITIES

TRANSGENDER- There are people whose gender identities do not

match their biological identity as male or female.
TRANSSEXUAL- There sexual orientation is not related to their genitalia,
which allow them to identify with any other types of gender such as
heterosexual, homosexual, pansexual, bisexual and asexual.
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