ANTH 100A Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Orgasm, Wodaabe, Blood Father
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November 6 strange relations anthro 100 5263 words. In the sambia culture of new guinea women are viewed as perilous creatures that pollute men and deplete them of their masculine force. Males cannot reproduce without semen, which is not produced but must be externally and artificially introduced to the body. Thus the essence of their initiation rite is the consumption of semen by boys, fellatio with the elders, the only way that boys can become men and fathers. This behavior, this cultural practice has nothing to do with homosexuality as we define it. It"s not about sexual orientation and inclination, life long passion for lovers of one"s own gender; it is just an initiation rite within a secret male cult that has its own purpose and meaning. The practice stops the moment the initiate takes a wife, as all do.
