I hope that some of you might like to comment on the performance readings, especially as they lie at the intersection of your fieldwork. How are your informants “performing” their identity or identities? Do you see more than one identity at work? Does identity shift from event to event, context to context? These are fascinating questions that explore one of the big anthropology questions having to do with the “self,” and whether or not there is such a thing as an “essential” self. What do you think based on your data so far?

Hello everyone,

I am hoping that some students and interested others might be willing to engage the subject of gender and cognition in this forum. What *evidence* is offered by the readings that women and men think differently? What is your politeness exercise revealing to you? What *habitual* thought patterns do you yourselves engage in that might be different from those of a different gender from you?