March 01, 2010

What happened to boys who lost manhood tests in tribes

"It is known for a fact that in some Native American tribes, males who failed the "test of manhood" were given "women's work" to do. There were no "gay communities" in large cities to which the "inferior" males could escape."

From the Book:
Women's Roots: The History of Women in Western Civilizationby June Stephenson, Ph.D.
Diemer Smith Publishing Co., 5th Edition, March 2000
Book review by William A. Spriggs, October 6, 2003

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