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More: Guajiro,
Warao, Yanomamö
Petrullo (1939:p230-2)[1] excuses himself of not knowing
“anything” about the sexual development of the Yaruro boy and girl. He “does
not know what secret sexual play the children may indulge in, nor does he
know whether the unmarried girl has any sexual relations. He thinks that the
unmarried do. He also thinks that there is some kind of homosexuality among
the boys, and even the men”. The sexes are kept apart from infancy, and the
girl is geared toward future marriage. “The children are not kept in sexual
ignorance. At least the boys seem to learn something of the sexual functions
at an early age. From what I have observed of Yaruro camp life, it seems that
no attempt was made to keep knowledge of sex and sexual functions away from
the children. In the first place, there is no sense of modesty so far as the
sexual parts are concerned […]. Even if there were stronger interest in sex
than seemed to exist, there would be little opportunity for the youngster to
indulge in any sexual relations, since their playmates tend to be parallel
cousins and very often playmates are lacking altogether”. Upon reaching
puberty, boys and girls marry if a mate is available, regardless of
“considerable” age difference. “Premarital romantic love life may be entirely
absent on this account […]”.
Janssen,
D. F., Growing Up Sexually. VolumeI. World Reference Atlas. 0.2 ed. 2004. Berlin:
Magnus Hirschfeld Archive for Sexology
Last
revised: Sept 2004
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