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“To the extent . . .” Margaret Mead

Posted on March 25, 2013 by PennyColman

“To the extent that either sex is disadvantaged, the whole culture is poorer, and the sex that, superficially, inherits the earth, inherits only a very partial legacy. The more whole the culture, the more whole each member, each man, each … Continue reading →

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Margaret Mead on Guns & Violence

Posted on December 17, 2012 by PennyColman

“Margaret Mead Green” is located beside the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, where the famous cultural anthropologist, spent much of her career. (It’s also near my granddaughter’s elementary school.) An astute observer of cultures, Mead had … Continue reading →

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