Margaret Mead Quote

[Mead described the Arapesh as a culture in which both sexes were] placid and contented, unaggressive and noninitiatory, noncompetitive and responsive, warm, docile, and trusting.

p. 39 as cited in: Guy R. Lefrançois (1973) Of children; an introduction to child development. p. 65 - Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies (1935)