Another tribe in Papua, New Guinea, the Sambia People, the bridge between boyhood and manhood is a 6-step process which begins around age 6. The boys are-first and foremost- taught to be warriors (because that is their primary role in the community). One of the biggest hurdles in this first step is learning detachment from women, including their own mothers. The other, pretty icky aspect of this coming-of-age process, is the ingestion of semen from grown men by the young warriors-in-training. This is not seen as pedophilia or homosexual, but as a way to help the young men grow. This part of the process ends for the man about 10-15 years later when he fathers a child.
Another tribe in Papua, New Guinea, the Sambia People, the bridge between boyhood and manhood is a 6-step process which begins around age 6. The boys are-first and foremost- taught to be warriors (because that is their primary role in the community). One of the biggest hurdles in this first step is learning detachment from women, including their own mothers. The other, pretty icky aspect of this coming-of-age process, is the ingestion of semen from grown
men by the young warriors-in-training. This is not seen as pedophilia or homosexual, but as a way to help the young men grow. This part of the process ends for the man about 10-15 years later when he fathers a child.