Summary
Dr. Mead discusses the social structures formed by boys and girls (principally girls) between the age ranges described in the previous chapter and adulthood. Geographic, age base relationships tend to end with the increase in responsibility that accompanies puberty, replaced by relationships based on blood relation.
Discussion
Quite a different model from the western. It seems a little alien to me, not surprising, as I always considered loyalty a virtue in different ways than the culture being described here does.
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