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CAYAPÁ (Ecuador)
Also featured: Jivaro
Altschuler (1964:p231)[1] was sure of young Cayapa boys indulging in homoeroticism (in contrast to
homosexuality) when wrapped around each other on the floor or sharing
hammocks. Cayapá parents and older sisters pick the
boy up in the air and take his penis between their lips (Altschuler,
1971:p50-1)[2]: “A common activity that parents and older
siblings engage in with young male children is to hold the child high
overhead, open the mouth, and then close it over the child’s genitals (The
game is never played with female children). Observation suggests that the
experience is not at all frightening to the child”.
Janssen,
D. F., Growing Up Sexually. VolumeI. World Reference Atlas. 0.2 ed. 2004. Berlin:
Magnus Hirschfeld Archive for Sexology
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revised: Sept 2004
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