Margaret Mead: "Having two bathrooms ruined the capacity to cooperate."

About Margaret Mead

Margaret Mead (December 16, 1901 – November 15, 1978) was an American cultural anthropologist, author and speaker, who appeared frequently in the mass media during the mid-twentieth century.

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I was brought up to believe that the only thing worth doing was to add to the sum of accurate information in the world.

—Margaret Mead

Nobody has ever before asked the nuclear family to live all by itself in a box the way we do. With no relatives, no support, we've put it in an impossible situation.

—Margaret Mead

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Women want mediocre men, and men are working hard to become as mediocre as possible.

—Margaret Mead

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We won't have a society if we destroy the environment.

—Margaret Mead

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American society is very like a fish society.… Among certain species of fish, the only thing which determines order of dominance is length of time in the fishbowl. The oldest resident picks on the newest resident, and if the newest resident is removed to a new bowl, he, as oldest resident, will pick on the newcomers.

—Margaret Mead

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