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The history of Samoan sexual conduct and the Mead-Freeman controversyarticle 1996 • Shankman, Paul
Samoans • Oceania > Polynesia
This article re-examines the accuracy of empirical data used by Margaret Mead in her portrayal of adolescent Samoan girls as sexually permissive, and Derek Freeman who found them to be rather restrictive. The article discusses the most important hist...