sex vs gender
A person is born either male or female, however according to Mead the roles of males and females are conditioned by that person's given culture. There were two articles studied by Group D, the first one tries to prove that men or women can be the aggressive sex, while the second article deals on which sex talks more and why. What it comes down too is, that both articles try to distinguish which sex is more dominant and why. Margaret Mead article, "Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies," describes research done to see if cultures contribute to the shaping of a person. The research done involves three primitive groups, the Arapesh, the Mundugumor, and the Tchambuli. IN each of the groups the roles of the sexes , both males and females, were based on the culture conditioning rather genetics or heredity. For example, culture conditioning the way a new born child is shaped into its given culture. The three groups that research was done on, at a specific point in time the child is assigned personality traits which include feminine or masculine and also the manners of the child are established. The results differ from the three groups, for the Arapesh, the individual was mildly responsive,
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Some common words found in the essay are:
Colonial America, Mundugumor Tchambuli, Vs Gender, Women Conversation, Primitive Societies, women talk, talk public, Margaret Mead, rapport talk, gender roles, report talk, talk women, perceived talk, talk deals, culture conditioning, males females,
Approximate Word count = 863
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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