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A 4 page summary and analysis of chapters 5 through 8 of Bruce Knauft’s work The Gebusi: Life Transformed in a Rainforest World. No additional sources cited.
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Transformed in a Rainforest World he delves into many various aspects of their culture from an anthropological perspective. The following paper summarized and analyzes chapters 5 through 8 of his
work. Chapter 5 In this chapter Knauft examines the sexual behavior and sexual practices of the people. For the most part he seems to focus primarily on the
practices of the men. In the beginning of the chapter he illustrates how he felt he "wasnt sure" that some of the Gebusi men practiced homosexuality in some form, but
that without proof he could not make such a claim, or argue against such a claim (Knauft, 2005; 70). As he became more and more accepted by the men in
the group he did, however, learn that semen, received by younger men through oral sex, was considered to be something of a powerful element that would allow them to grow
into strong men themselves. He illustrates how men, once married, seemed to generally not engage in such practices but that there was a very wide sense of diversity in how
men acted, behaved, and engaged in sexual activity with other men. His wife engaged in studying the women of the group and when she asked them if they ever
engaged in sexual activity with other women they were generally quite confused as to how such a thing could be done and essentially demonstrated that men were for sexual activity,
not women. There was also the attitude that indicated the women were not upset if their men were involved sexually with other men but that sexual activity with another woman
was something to be very dismayed at. Knauft indicates that the information presented clearly offers all cultures an understanding of the diversity of sexuality in the world, and in
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