CRM 3312 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Arapesh Languages
29 Feb 2016
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Act like a lady : be modest, be subordinate and dependent on a man, be submissive, be caring, gentle, kind, compassionate, be able to communicate in order to express your thoughts and feelings, be nurturing. It is only when children are socialized that they begin to identify with a particular gender: margeret mead did a study that looked at primitive tribes, arapesh: These people were seen to be a gentle mountain dwelling group. Both men and women had very similar behaviours and attitudes and there was not a lot of distinction between the two. Childbearing responsibilities were divided equally between men and women. Both sexes possessed feminine traits such as being cooperative and sensitive: mundugumor: There was a lot of hostility between the father and the son and the mother and the daughter. Both sexes possessed masculine traits like being aggressive, selfish, and looking out for themselves: tchambuli: They defined male and female roles differently.
