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15/11/1978 Proponent of the sexual revolution dies

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Tales from the Jungle: Margaret Mead

American sociologist Margaret Mead died is most famous for her book Coming of Age in Samoa. The book states that ingenious people on of Oceania have, compared to the western culture, very open approach to sex. The book caused a sensation. Later, however, many researchers argued that Mead made most of the stuff up.
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