Summary
Dr. Mead describes the social structures of young adults in the Samoan community. Special emphasis is placed on the differences between man and women in these cases, with more detail given to the women, unsurprisingly. She makes careful that the young men's organizations are the backbone of the village, in contrast to the women's, which are already dying out, I presume from Western contact.
Discussion
The discussion of the various ranks and titles and the formal address really jumped out at me this chapter. I have enough trouble keeping of who's "What's up?" and who's "What's up, doc?" around these parts, I can't imagine having a half dozen different formal manners of speaking for different people.
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