Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies

Description:

Focusing on three tribes from New Guinea, the author advances the theory that many so-called masculine and feminine characteristics are not based on fundamental sex differences, but reflect the cultural conditioning of different societies.

subjects: Native races,  Primitive societies,  New Guinea,  Social life and customs,  Ethnology,  Sex role,  Personality and culture,  Cross-Cultural Comparison,  Personality Development,  Identification (Psychology),  Primitive Society,  Indigenous peoples,  Autochtones,  Mundugumor (peuple de Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée),  Ethnology -- Papua New Guinea,  Chambri (Papua New Guinean people),  Arapesh (peuple de Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée),  Papua New Guinea -- Social life and customs,  Manners and customs,  Biwat (Papua New Guinean people),  Sexualität,  Chambri (peuple de Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée),  Ethnologie,  Personality and culture -- Papua New Guinea,  Naturvolk,  Sex role -- Papua New Guinea,  Arapesh (Papua New Guinean people),  Seksualiteit,  Mœurs et coutumes,  Rôle selon le sexe,  Papoea's,  Sexual Behavior,  Anthropology,  Prehistoric peoples,  Cultural Anthropology,  Societies,  Headhunters,  Cannibalism,  Marriage customs and rites,  Sozialstruktur,  Ethnopsychologie,  Geschlechterrolle,  Sex,  Social sciences,  Papua new guinea, social life and customs,  Psychological Identification

Places: Papua New Guinea,  New Guinea