"Gender is culturally defined, not strictly biologically determined. How males and females perceive and define themselves and each other, what it means to be a woman or a man, what roles are seen as appropriate for men and women-- these and many other dimensions are femaleness and maleness are learned during socialization rather than fixed at birth" (Bailey, Garrick, Peoples, James, pg. 148). In the film Sex and Social Dance this emergence of culturally defined gender is clearly seen. Between the three cultures, American, Cook Islanders, and the people of Morocco, the construction of gender varies from loose to strict. From the way dance is thought of, to who leads, to where dancing takes place, the ideas about males and females are shown just through dance.
In the American society shown from the time when the movie was made, was based on a fairly conservative from of gender construction. The dance chosen to represent the American culture being the Ballroom dance, which is defined......

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Title: Gender Seen Through The Film "Sex And Social Dance" Plus Lecture Notes
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