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To: Palladin

Girls who start having sex at age 12 have not usually done so consensually.

Tell that to Margaret Mead.

15 posted on 04/16/2008 5:29:58 PM PDT by Rudder (Klinton-Kool-Aid FReepers prefer spectacle over victory.)

To: Rudder

I’m sorry to inform you that Margaret Mead is dead. Very dead.

17 posted on 04/16/2008 5:32:48 PM PDT by Palladin (Pennsylvania: guns, religion, and liberty.)

To: Rudder; Palladin

I've heard it said that Samoans are...shall we say...not exactly thrilled with Mead's portrayal of them.

22 posted on 04/16/2008 6:10:06 PM PDT by Claud

To: Rudder

"Tell that to Margaret Mead."

A lot of Margaret Mead's stuff was lies.

35 posted on 04/16/2008 9:40:54 PM PDT by Irene Adler (')

To: Rudder

Tell that to Margaret Mead.

Uh, you do know that those "docile natives" that Mead was studying were having a go at her expense. She has been pretty thoroughly discredited these days:

Margaret Mead Hoax

Pacifist Hoax

The Fateful Hoaxing of Margaret Mead

69 posted on 04/17/2008 9:13:54 AM PDT by Antoninus (Tell us how you came to Barack?)

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