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  Confessions of a Teenage Anthropologist: Fighting

  

  By victoriagrace, Rowland Heights, CA

  When my best friend recently came back from Korea (she was at a Tae Kwon Do competition), I began wondering how and when fighting transformed from a means of survival to form recreation. As I explored fighting in other cultures, I realized that boxing, wrestling, and other violent activities are som...
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  Confessions of a Teenage Anthropologist: Gender

  

  By victoriagrace, Rowland Heights, CA

  Simply put, gender is what is in the head, while sex is what is in the pants. However, though it has defined people for thousands of years, the concept of gender is still taboo. In westernized cultures, anybody outside the two accepted genders is seen as “unusual” or “strange,” and is ofte...
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  Confessions of a Teenage Anthropologist: Introduction

  

  By victoriagrace, Rowland Heights, CA

  Before I start, I would like to say that I hope that I am able to continue this as a series. This series will focus on teenagers and teenage concerns from an anthropological perspective. I am no expert, nor am I trying act as one. Everything is simply a collection of knowledge that I have acquired t...