Chapter 10 – The Experience and Individuality of the Average Girl
Summary
Mead started going more in depth into the adolescent experience with the girls of Samoa. She explained how their experiences through puberty differed, as well as how age affected this experience. One thing she noted as common in all of the girls was to have many lovers for as long as possible, and then to marry within their village and have many children.
Summary
Mead started going more in depth into the adolescent experience with the girls of Samoa. She explained how their experiences through puberty differed, as well as how age affected this experience. One thing she noted as common in all of the girls was to have many lovers for as long as possible, and then to marry within their village and have many children.
Discussion
She noted that none of the girls faced any major conflict or philosophical quandaries or even had specific and individualistic ambitions. This is obviously not the case with adolescents in this country. In fact, this yet again points out how almost polar opposite the Samoan culture is to ours. The competitiveness against authority that is so common here is not the case at all in Samoan culture.
She noted that none of the girls faced any major conflict or philosophical quandaries or even had specific and individualistic ambitions. This is obviously not the case with adolescents in this country. In fact, this yet again points out how almost polar opposite the Samoan culture is to ours. The competitiveness against authority that is so common here is not the case at all in Samoan culture.
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