Gilbert Herdt Found That More Than 20 Tribes in Melanesia

question 34

Multiple Choice

Gilbert Herdt found that more than 20 tribes in Melanesia and New Guinea participated in ritually prescribed same-sex encounters. Same-sex encounters were considered necessary for:

• A) men because they have limited access to women during hunts
• B) boys in order for them to "learn" how to participate in homosexuality
• C) boys in order to develop masculine virility
• D) girls in order for them to learn how to be sexual without damaging their "purity" through heterosexual intercourse

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