Chapter 6: The Girl in the Community
Summary
In this chapter Margret Mead describes the life of girls in the Samoan culture. Small girls and boys (usually the ones who haven't reached puberty) are not really part of group activities.
Once they reached a certain age, one or two years after puberty, they join they respective organizations. Aumaga is for young men and Aualuma is for young women, the wives of untitled men, and widows.
Discussion
Not a very interesting chapter per se since this is kind of a continuation of the previous chapter. However, I find it interesting that Aumaga performs more village duties. But, adultery is not as heavily penalized on women as it is on men.
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