In sambian context, the cultural emphasis on boys to go through rituals such as piercing their noses and thrashing them with sticks suggest that, for the sambia,

a. men must work hard to maintain

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Dayami Newton

Social Studies

17 June, 07:03

In sambian context, the cultural emphasis on boys to go through rituals such as piercing their noses and thrashing them with sticks suggest that, for the sambia,

a. men must work hard to maintain

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Robert Herman · Answer 1

The correct answer should be to maintain masculinity. The idea behind it all is that those things like inflicting a lot of pain decide whether someone is masculine enough or not, and these rituals decide who will be a real man and who will not. The boys who go through them become masculine.

In sambian context, the cultural emphasis on boys to go through rituals such as piercing their noses and thrashing them with sticks suggest that, for the sambia,a. men must work hard to maintain

In sambian context, the cultural emphasis on boys to go through rituals such as piercing their noses and thrashing them with sticks suggest that, for the sambia,

a. men must work hard to maintain