Famous anthropologist Margaret Mead studied gender in three societies in New Guinea. She found that
a. all three defined masculinity and femininity the same supporting the theory that masculinity is naturally associated with aggressiveness and violence while femininity is associated with gentleness and passivity.
b. men were associated with aggressiveness in all three societies but social definitions of femininity varied including both aggressive and passive characteristics.
c. women were associated with gentle passivity in all three societies but social definitions of masculinity varied including both aggressive and passive characteristics.
d. both men and women were gentle and passive in one society; both men and women were aggressive and violent in a second society; while men were passive and women were aggressive in the third society.
Question 2
Among ancient Greeks love meant
a. an emotional but not a sexual relationship.
b. a sexual but not an emotional relationship.
c. an emotional relationship first that became a sexual relationship with marriage.
d. a sexual relationship first that became an emotional relationship after the marriage.
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