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Sexual intercourse
before circumcision is prohibited (Wagner, 1949;[1]
Sangree, 1966; Kertzer,
1978:p1092)[2].At the night before circumcision, held every five year, the initiand “is questioned in detail about any sexual
activity he may have either with other people or with animals. Sodomy and sexual connexions with children animals are stringently
forbidden everyone, while only males who have been circumcised are permitted
to have sexual intercourse with mature females”. When he confesses, he must
pay a fine, under the threat that he would bleed to death when circumcised if
he had not done so (Sangree). The taboo is not
paralleled for females. “[…] the prevalent Tikiri
view vis-à-vis females on this score is comparable
to that held in some of the rural and isolated regions of the
Janssen,
D. F., Growing Up Sexually. Last revised: Sept 2004 |
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[1] Wagner, G. (1949) The Bantu of
[2] Sangree,
W. H. (1966) Age, Prayer, and Politics in