STUDYING SEXUALITY: BODIES, BEHAVIORS, AND IDENTITIES 321SamoansEaster
Islanders
AraucaniansTupinambaNupe
Fang Zande
Arabicized
East African
Cultures
NyakyusaMongoKuwaitÁrandaLauNahaneAchómawi
Sawa’waktödöDetails 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 haremRitualistic
MarriageChukchiWoleaiansAleutKoniag EskimoKlamath
Achomawi Arapaho Modern USA
and CanadaTewaPlateauYumans NavahoHawaiiansMarquesans
SamoansTahitians
Easter
IslandersMangaiansWarao
Yãnomamö
Amakaire
Nambikwara
Bororo
Bakairi
KaingángDetails of the above unknown unless
associated with another symbol.Northern
EuropeansAncient
SiwansNear EastMossi
NuerTutsiZandeFangBala
MongoLangoNyikaTanala
Thonga
ZuluIndia
SantalLepchaImperial
ChineseYakutChukchiKoryak
KamchadálKeraki
ÁrandaMiao
Oman Muria
AndamaneseMakassareseIban
Wógeo
Etoro
Tobrianders
Malekula
Nama
HóttentotAncient
GreeksSexual 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 detailsRitualistic
MarriageFIGURE 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.