AGTA (PHILIPPINES)
Index → Asia → Philippines→ Agta
Peterson (1978:16[1], as cited by Hewlett[2] and by Konner, in press:p56)[3] describes for the Philippine Agta hunter-gatherers:
“The infant is eagerly passed from person to person until all in attendance have had an opportunity to snuggle, nuzzle, sniff, and admire the new- born [...]. A child’s first experience, then involves a community of relatives and friends. Thereafter he enjoys constant cuddling, carrying, loving, sniffing and affectionate genital stimulation”.
“Premarital female chastity is not an ideal of much currency. […] Although some data are difficult to collect concerning sex, almost certainly girls are able to engage in sexual activity with relative ease; promiscuity is not favored in any circumstance. Males may have as little or great difficulty in engaging in sex as females (Estioko-Griffin and Griffin 1981:138)”[4].
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[1] Peterson, J. (1978) The Ecology of Social Boundaries: Agta
Foragers of the
[2] Cited by Hewlett, B. S. (1996) Diverse contexts of human infancy, in Ember, C. & Ember, M. (Eds.) Cross-Cultural Research for Social Science. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall; and in Hewlett, B. S. (1991), as cited in Konner, cit.infra
[3] Konner, M. (in
press) Hunter-Gatherer Infancy and Childhood, The !Kung and Others, in Hewlett, B. & Lamb, M. (Eds.) Culture
and Ecology of Hunter–Gatherer Childhood.
[4]Estioko-Griffin, A. A. &