Consider the cross-cultural irony of the Sambia initiation ritual

Consider the cross-cultural irony of the Sambia initiation ritual

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Consider the cross-cultural irony of the Sambia initiation ritual. Boys become men by fellating their elders and ingesting their semen. But the same homosexual act performed in industrial cultures may effectively feminize men. There may be an accompanying irony in ritual nose bleeding and menstruation as well. Discuss the contexts that makes the Sambian or American views on gender possible. Is the same sexual act transformed in its symbolic and social meaning from one culture to the other?

 

 

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Different people have different cultures, which might seem disgusting or evil to other people. For example, the Sambian culture of transforming boys to men by fellating their elders and ingesting their semen will be viewed as acts of homosexuality in some cultures…………………

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