Etoro

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Template:Unreferenced The Etoro are a tribe in Papua New Guinea. "The Etoro inhabit the southern slopes of Mt. Sisa, which lies along the Southern edge of the Central Cordillera Of New Guinea facing the Papuan Plateau (at about 6.9 ° S, 142.45 ° E)" (Weiner, 1988, P 113-114) They have gained notoriety among anthropologists because of the way their culture strongly encourages homosexual behaviour between young boys and men. The Etoro believe that young boys must fellate their elders to achieve proper sexual maturation, and to receive spiritual nourishment from semen. Homosexual behavior, particularly oral sex, is encouraged throughout youth for males, with different sexual roles fulfilled by adolescents of different ages. Monogamistic heterosexuality is then mandatory for the remainder of the adult's life (from approximately age 18-19 onward), except when receiving oral sex from young boys. Template:Ethno-group-stubes:Etoro