ABSTRACT
The sexual freedom which we find among the Trobriand Islanders must not be mis-called “immorality”, and placed into a non-existent category. “Immorality,” in the sense of an absence of all restraints, rules, and values, cannot exist in any culture, however debased or perverted it may be. “Immorality,” on the other hand, in the sense of morals different from those which we pretend to practise, must be anticipated in every society other than our own or those which are under the influence of Christian and Western culture.
