There are many forms of social inequality that can be analyzed in the study of anthropology. One of these is the social inequality between men and women. While gender is relatively commonly studied in the field of anthropology, it is often not viewed through the lens of social inequality. The observations of Sarah Lamb and Deborah Tannen in their articles, "The Politics of Dirt and Gender: Body Techniques in Bengali India" and "Who's Interrupting?: Issues of Dominance and Control", respectively, provide a great deal of information to the opinion public. topic at hand, as well as my general observations about the conversations and traditions that occur in the sociocultural environment of the family table. Social inequalities between men and women are often rationalized by the stereotypes that are perpetuated in their respective societies. However, there is an interesting aspect here: stereotypes are different! So, which of the two is closer to the true intrinsic nature of men and women? Some of the ways inequalities are rationalized and kept in place within culture relate to the innate differences between males and females. In Lamb's account of land use in India, she mentions how innate gender differences in India are considered not only psychological and physical due to obvious differences in endowment, but, as a North Indian proverb says: "Women they are like unglazed earthenware jugs, which are permeable and easily contaminated to the point that they cannot be purified. Men are like impervious copper jugs, difficult to contaminate and easy to purify” (Lamb 221). and women are both compared to jugs indicates that they are approximately the same shape, but... in the middle of the paper... there are sports and food, while women often discuss school or work and shopping The two common topics that most often overlapping genres are television and musical theater While I don't believe my family members accurately represent their gender groups in the rest of our society, they are yet another example of how members of the same group. may be different in terms of behavior and inequality. Even though men and women are not specifically considered to be subject to inequality at the dinner table, there is a perceived idea that the opposite sex has more power: this perpetuates equality as everyone believes they are the underdog and are therefore on the same page . If only men and women around the world could be as equal as Americans are at the table, there would be much less oppression and the world would be a much safer place.