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Samoans
Easter
Islanders
Araucanians
Tupinamba
Nupe
Fang Zande
Arabicized
East African
Cultures
Nyakyusa
Mongo
Kuwait
Áranda
Lau
Nahane
Achómawi
Sawa’waktödö
Details of the above unknown unless
associated with another symbol.
Said to occur
Involves transvestism
Youthful experimentation tolerated
Tolerated
Usually found among co-wives in a harem
Ritualistic
Marriage
Chukchi
Woleaians
Aleut
Koniag Eskimo
Klamath
Achomawi Arapaho Modern USA
and Canada
Tewa
PlateauYumans Navaho
Hawaiians
Marquesans
Samoans
Tahitians
Easter
Islanders
Mangaians
Warao
Yãnomamö
Amakaire
Nambikwara
Bororo
Bakairi
Kaingáng
Details of the above unknown unless
associated with another symbol.
Northern
Europeans
Ancient
SiwansNear East
Mossi
Nuer
Tutsi
Zande
Fang
Bala
Mongo
Lango
Nyika
Tanala
Thonga
Zulu
India
Santal
Lepcha
Imperial
Chinese
Yakut
Chukchi
Koryak
Kamchadál
Keraki
Áranda
Miao
Oman Muria
Andamanese
Makassarese
Iban
Wógeo
Etoro
Tobrianders
Malekula
Nama
Hóttentot
Ancient
Greeks
Sexual relations between older, adult men and
younger men or adolescents institutionalized
Sexual relations that involve a sex role change of
one partner (i.e., transvestism) institutionalized
Equal, same-sex relationships between two
adults (not necessarily tolerated)
Youthful experimentation tolerated
Completely unknown or denied
Said to be widespread but no details
Ritualistic
Marriage
FIGURE 10.2A Male Homosexuality
FIGURE 10.2B Female Homosexuality
Source:From Sexual Practices: The Story of Human Sexualityby Edgar Gregersen, 1983, p. 296. Franklin Watts. Reprinted with permission.