For example, the Mundugumor people she studies is a “ruthless, aggressive, positively sexed” society “with the maternal cherishing aspects of personality at a minimum” (Macionis 230). Mead described this with “an undisciplined and very violent male” personality (Macionis 230). In another culture Mead studied, the Arapesh, they were “trained to be cooperative, unaggressive, [and] responsive to the needs and demands of others” (Macionis 230). Finally, Mead studied the Tchambuli tribe where the women of the tribe are “dominant, impersonal, [and] managing” whereas the men of the tribe are “less responsible and the emotionally dependent person” (Macionis 230). We can see here already that obviously that gender roles can not only be flipped but also equal. Introduction to Sociology describes a process called gender role socialization where we learn about gender “through factors such as schooling, the media, and family” (Giddens 216). We learn how to be boys and girls, men and …show more content…
And nowadays gender fluidity is more common than ever. Furthering this idea of gender fluidity is the idea of the two-spirit (Giddens 221). A two-spirit is the “useful shorthand to describe the entire spectrum of gender and sexual expression” for tribes such as the Navajo people (Giddens 221). In addition the Navajo describe a person “who constantly transforms” as a nádleehí, although this typically refers to a male-bodied person with a feminine nature (Giddens 221). Although the Navajo are an ancient tribe, this, too, proves that gender is not as universal as we