To eliminate influences western culture may have had on previous studies , vasey studies the faafafine , feminine samoan males who reject the labels of " gay " and " homosexual " but acknowledge their primary sexual attraction to adult men .
The giant waves followed a massive earthquake with a magnitude of 8.0 , according to the u. s. geological survey , that struck about 120 miles off the samoan coast at 6:48 a.m.local time tuesday .
This means that unlike most samoan families I 've met , we don 't have a huge family to support each other .
这意味着我家不像我碰到的大多数萨摩亚家庭,我们背后没有庞大家族可相互扶持。
Other countries in the pacific do all their schooling in english because the market just isn 't there to translate textbooks into samoan or tongan .
其他太平洋的国家都用英语来进行教学,因为市场不会再那里把课本翻译成萨摩亚语或者汤加语。
Also , samoan society fully accepts the fa afafine , who vasey said are considered to occupy a third gender and are respected for their commitment to taking care of their families .
Vasey analyzed how samoan men , women and faafafine acted toward their nieces , nephews and unrelated children living in the same village , looking at behavior and attitudes such as their willingness to babysit and contribute financial resources .