Shapiro, J. (1981). Anthropology and the study of gender. Soundings, 446-465

This paper was prepared for a lecture series entitled " Study-ing Women: The impact on the social sciences and humanities."I might have followed the general theme of the series by calling my own paper" Anthropology and the Study of Women." I felt it important, however, to define my subject as the study of gender rather than the study of women. Let me begin by discussing why I considered this reformulation necessary.