Growing Up Sexually

UTE (Colorado) (North-American Natives)

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See also: North-America Non-Natives

Opler (1963:p146-7)^[1][123]: “Before puberty […] sex play and sex interest were sternly discouraged”. This is predominantly avoidance of sibling incest; however: “Immature boys and girls were openly warned against sexual intimacy even with non-relatives on the grounds that illness resulted from premature sexual relations. […] Between relatives of the same sex, however, a great deal of good-natured salicious banter occurred, usually directed toward younger relatives in conformity to the one-way respect attitudes of the Ute”.

Janssen, D. F., Growing Up Sexually. VolumeI. World Reference Atlas. 0.2 ed. 2004. Berlin: Magnus Hirschfeld Archive for Sexology

Last revised: Sept 2004