Margaret mead’s investigation of the tchambuli culture demonstrated that gender roles are

a.

rigid across cultures

b.

similar in every culture

c.

variable across cultures

d.

undefinable in a culture

The correct answer is C. Variable across cultures

Explanation

Margaret Mead is known as an important American anthropologist who studied the culture of different tribes in Oceania. During the 30' Margaret Mead studied the Tchambuli culture, a tribe in Papua New Guinea. During two years, Margaret Mead focused on understanding their awareness of gender roles and gender differences and she found out those gender roles were different to the ones expected in other cultures such as the American culture as both female and male behaved differently from other cultures as Tchambuli women were dominant and men were emotionally dependent, which meant gender roles are linked to the context and culture, and thus are variable across cultures.