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SAMBURU (Kenya)
Index →Africa→ Kenya → Samburu
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Subincision is performed by Samburu herdboys around age seven
to ten (Margetts, 1960)[1]. The boys operate on themselves,
and sometimes on their peers. The operation is attributed to custom, to
efforts to differentiate the male urine stream from the female (both sexes
squat during micturation), and, according to five
informants, to make ejaculation faster. Later, circumcision follows.
According to Spencer (1965)[2], heterosexual play is punished
severely, and the sexes are separated early. Homosexual practices are an
every-day occurrence at the cattle posts, and are regarded as normal. Adolescent
morans
[warriors] have mistresses who are invited to their clubs. A very strict
intergenerational avoidance is requested of the girl.
Janssen,
D. F., Growing Up Sexually. VolumeI. World Reference Atlas. 0.2 ed. 2004. Berlin: Magnus
Hirschfeld Archive for Sexology
Last
revised: Sept 2004
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