The higher power has the ability to make the inanimate animate. Though women, because of their ability to reproduce, are given more innate power than men, any being can achieve this power. To try to organize power in the Blackfoot society according to biologically determined genders misrepresents the structure of these people. In a compilation of essays put togetherby Laura F. Klein and Lillian A. Ackerman, the concept of gender reciprocity is discussed at length. More, it is the amount of autonomy given to and created by individuals and the extent to which they influence the lives of others We have discussed already how contexts such as historical time period, economics and cultural values must be regarded when studying gender.
Gender is much more than biological attributes.
Most importantly, I will argue, is the care that must be taken to not project our own cultural biases and values onto a culture that is foreign to us thus obscuring the true nature of that community. Something similar can be said of sexuality and its study. The moral of the social scientist This construction of the data can be seen most readily in studies conducted within the social science field concerning the phenomenon of institutionalized homosexuality. By institutionalized it is meant homosexuality that has an ascribed category and status within its society and is part of that cultures social structure. One of the best examples of this is the pederasty practiced by the ancient Greeks.