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Rājpūts(India)
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Rājpūts
More: Abor,
Lingayats, Bengali, Punjabi; Brahmans, Nagas,
Chamars, Nayar, Todas, Hill Maria Gond, Hill Saoras, Sinhalese, Purum, Veda,
Santals, Garos, Muria Gonds, Baiga, Nimar Bahalis,
Telugu, Lepcha,
Lodha, Uttar Pradesh, Andamanese, Nicorbarese
See also: Pakistan,
Bangladesh
As observed by Minturn and Hitchcock
(1963)[1] young boys wear a black
cord around their waist, according to some mothers to “to make the vein in
the penis grow straight” lest a contrary condition caused impotence (p312-3).
“Although the infants and small children wore nothing but shirts, we saw no
evidence of masturbation. Whether or not the babies masturbate while hidden
under their covering of quilts we were not, of course, able to observe. Since
infants are usually carried when they are not sleeping, they do not have much
opportunity to masturbate”. Aunts may “playfully pull the child’s penis while
joking with him” (p316). No comments are made on childhood.
Janssen,
D. F., Growing Up Sexually. VolumeI. World Reference Atlas. 0.2 ed. 2004. Berlin:
Magnus Hirschfeld Archive for Sexology, Berlin
Last
revised: Sept 2004
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