Growing Up Sexually

SHORTLAND ISLANDERS (SOLOMON ISLANDS, MELANESIA)

Index→ Pacifics→ Melanesia→ Solomon Islands→ Shortland Isl.

Tikopia, Kurtatchi, Shortland Isl., Siuai

Schidlof (1908:p10)[1] cites Ribbe on the fertility of both the Shortlanders and the slaves of Bourgainville that its low status is due to early intercourse.

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