AO3

• Supports idea that gender roles are culturally rather than biologically determined 
• Research bias, Mead already had a strong belief that environment shaped gendered behaviour
• Imposed etic, as Mead used tools relevant to her own culture but is not applicable to others resulting in flawed decisions being drawn, so invalid
• Rather than seeing gender roles as simply a produce of nature or nurture, they may be better understood from an interactionist pov, where initial gender roles are biologically constructed then later modified by social influences. This can explain basic cross-cultural similarities in gender role and stereotypes but also why there is variety especially in types of activities to which gender roles are applied