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mothers stress the sexual difference between themselves and their sons , and
between the boys and girls in the family . ... She talks to her boy and her girl in
subtly different ways according to sex and later is explicit about what little girls do
and ...
mothers stress the sexual difference between themselves and their sons , and
between the boys and girls in the family . ... She talks to her boy and her girl in
subtly different ways according to sex and later is explicit about what little girls do
and ...
Page 81
Among the Mbuti pygmies of the African Congo , after her first menstruation a girl
lives temporarily with her future husband in a band ... The girls are able to invite
in any boys they fancy , and summon them by whipping them with saplings .
Among the Mbuti pygmies of the African Congo , after her first menstruation a girl
lives temporarily with her future husband in a band ... The girls are able to invite
in any boys they fancy , and summon them by whipping them with saplings .
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to accept financial responsibility the girl may be flogged and turned out of the
house . Maternal relatives then intercede with the mother to take her daughter
back , which she usually does after a decent space of time . The baby is born in
the ...
to accept financial responsibility the girl may be flogged and turned out of the
house . Maternal relatives then intercede with the mother to take her daughter
back , which she usually does after a decent space of time . The baby is born in
the ...
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Contents
Mothercraft or Motherhood | 13 |
The Motherhood Trap | 31 |
Mothers in the Social System | 51 |
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