“Historically our own culture has relied for the creation of rich and contrasting values upon many artificial distinctions, the most striking of which is sex…. If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must recognize the whole gamut of human potentialities, and so weave a less arbitrary social fabric, one in which each diverse human gift will find a fitting place.”
Margaret Mead, Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies conclusion (1935)
Excerpted from: Schapiro, Fred, ed. The Yale Book of Quotations. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006.
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