1. Women and Religious Taboos
Anthropology has always been interested in studying the role of women in different cultures, how they lived, how they organized and how they are valued in a society, marriage and family. ... Each culture has its system whereby that normalized sex." ... Different cultures have different conceptions of sexuality, and religion has much to say about it. ... According to Meredith Small, "The passage into womanhood is marked by this physiological event around which, and from ancient times, different cultures have established myths and taboos. ... In some Australian tribes, women needed to be isolate...
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate