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YAPESE (PelewIslands, Western Caroline Islands, Micronesia) (2,2,2,2,2+,3;8,5;G2;E)

Index→ Pacifics → Micronesia→ Caroline Islands → Yapese

Senfft (1907:p141)[1] stated that intercourse before menstruation was forbidden on the island of Yap. On the other hand, the following statement might oppose this argument: “Die Vorversuche zum Geschlechtsverkehr, wenn auch nicht, wie P. Salesius [[2]] behauptet, unter Anleitung der Alten ausgeführt, werden geradezu unter die Spiele gerechnet” (Müller, 1917, I:p231-2)[3]. Free adolescent courtship seems to have been the rule around 1910.

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

[1] Senfft, A. (1907) Die Rechtssitten der Jap-Eingeborenen, Globus 41 :[141]

[2] Salesius, Pater (ca1906) Die Karolinen-Insel Yap. Berlin, p131

[3] Müller, W. (1917) Yap. Hamburg: Friederichsen. First halfvol. Also cited by Ronhaar, J. H. (1931) Woman in Primitive Motherright Societies. Groningen: Wolters/ London: D. Nutt, p330

Growing Up Sexually

YAPESE (PelewIslands, Western Caroline Islands, Micronesia) (2,2,2,2,2+,3;8,5;G2;E)

Index→ Pacifics→ Micronesia→ Caroline Islands → Yapese

Index→ Pacifics → Micronesia→ Caroline Islands → Yapese