BACHIGA (Uganda)
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“No specific training or instruction is given children, except in manners. A little girl is taught how to sit modestly […]. A girl’s sex attitudes are developed quite early. Her first lesson is in sitting modestly. She is forced to change many of her ways with the approach of puberty. […] Her father and brothers chaperon her rigidly. All this in preparation for marriage to a total stranger, involving a disagreeable, lengthy, and very trying ceremony culminating in institutionalized rape. The boys’ introduction to sex is quite different. It is casual and gradual” (Edel, 1937:p148, 151)[1]. However, children’s play activities are not interfered with.
Janssen,
D. F., Growing Up Sexually. Last revised: Sept 2004 |
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[1] Edel, M.
M. (1937) The Bachiga of