Margaret Mead studied the development of personality across cultures. She believed that femininity and masculinity were based not on genetic sex, but on which of the following factors?
A)Interpersonal relationships
B)Cultural environment
C)Moral code
D)Economic class

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Mead posited that femininity and masculinity are based on cultural environment. Relationships, class, and ethics are all part of that environment, but it is the larger social context that determines how gender traits develop, according to Mead.

Margaret Mead Studied the Development of Personality Across Cultures