howed gender role differences, but no basic temperamental differences were thought to exist between males and females. Neither men nor women were found to be driven by spontaneous sexuality, and while violence was tolerated, it was not linked with either sex. Men were expected to be gentle, unacquisitive, and cooperative, and women were taught to accept anything out of the ordinary without showing curiosity. From childhood, women were discouraged from asking questions about anything unusual and from engaging in speculative thought. Boys, on the other hand, were encouraged to think speculatively. Among the Mundugumor, very different attitudes concerning sex and gender were found. This tribe consisted of headhunters and cannibals. The life of the male was a life of fighting, characterized by the competitive acquisition of women through warfare. The people thought that there was a natural hostility between members of the same sex, so the inheritance of most property crossed sex bound
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