The anthropologist whose research showed that definitions of masculinity and femininity are not biological given, but are learned cultural constructs and therefore subject to change is ________.
A) Mary Whiton Calkins
B) Margaret Mead
C) Christine Ladd-Franklin
D) Margaret Floy Washburn

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Margaret Mead's research, particularly in her book "Coming of Age in Samoa," found that ideas about gender and sexuality were shaped by cultural norms rather than biology.

The Anthropologist Whose Research Showed That Definitions of Masculinity and Femininity