... Doug about some of the different aspect of the Samoan culture and this is what he told me about clothing. He said some people were normal modern clothing, or what we consider to be normal modern clothing. But it is traditional for men to wear, Lava Lava's, which are light pieces of cloth that wrap around their waists. It looks like what ... their own religion is dancing. They have traditional dances that are signature strait from Samoa. They have a seductive dance called the Sasa. They also have the Samoan Slap Dance, where they slap themselves all over their own bodies. The Sivafi is a...

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... availability of contraception could women realize their full potential. Women concluded that in the New Era it was no longer necessary to maintain a rigid, Victorian female "respectability." This vision of modern womanhood assumed the voluntary control of childbearing. It also consciously encouraged a more active sexual role for women. The liberated homemaker and wife had time available for more romance in her ... made it possible for women to have a choice. Not only did she bring forth the American birth-control movement, but this also led to women being able to smoke, drink, dance, we...

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... . Therefore women were aloud to start working. Daughters started working and started experiencing freedom. Some daughters took advantage of their new economic power. They started staying out late, going to dance halls, and with the money they earned from working they bought themselves stylish clothes and makeup. In some cases they would move away from home. Parents were no longer able ... members. Even though they had such intense supervision, some of the young women still managed to form an intimate relationship with a young man. When familiar methods no longer worked in modern urban en...

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