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“Standardized personality differences between the sexes are of this order, cultural creations to which each generation, male and female, is trained to conform.”

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Margaret Mead
Margaret Mead

Margaret Mead was an American cultural anthropologist known for her groundbreaking fieldwork and theoretical contributions. She is renowned for her studies of the Samoan, Arapesh, and Australian Aboriginal peoples, which had a profound impact on the fields of anthropology and sociology. more

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