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SUNDANESE (Indonesia)
Infants’ genital region is “gelegentlich freundlich-neutral gestreichelt […] (Von Loh). Premarital intercourse is forbidden en incidental (Rikin, 1973:p20)[1]. Boys are circumcised at least partially based on sexuality or fertility motives (p117-20), women arguing “you don’t go to bed with a child, do you?”. The current timing, however, was as variable as 4 to 15 (p33-4). Moestapa[2], also documents a (former) sexological significance: “[…] zoolang de knaap nog geen verlangst naar het andere geslacht toonde en nog net tegen vrouwen durfde, werd hij niet besneden”, that is, at age “15 or 18”.
Janssen,
D. F., Growing Up Sexually. Last revised: Sept 2004 |
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