Explain six ways in which males and females related in traditional African context.

      

Explain six ways in which males and females related in traditional African context.

  

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gideon
- Male/female relationships in traditional African communities are determined by age, customs
and taboos.
- Young boys and girls relate freely with each other as their differences are not pronounced.
- When the boys and girls grow up, their differences become pronounced and are therefore
separated.
- During childhood, girls identify with and imitate their mothers while boys their fathers.
- During important occasions like festivals and dances, boys and girls are accompanied by other
adults to ensure they stay
apart and do not misbehave.
- At puberty, boys and girls are given vigorous education, mainly during initiation, on how to
relate with the opposite
sex, marriage and sexual matters.
- After initiation, young men and women are given opportunities to interact within their age
groups, mainly during
functions, but with rules to govern their relationships.
- As young adults, they engage in serious courtship as they look for marriage partners, they may
even participate in erotic
games like chakacha dance, but not engage in sex.
- In marriage, men and women relate as husband and wife, with conjugal rights meant for
procreation and not for
pleasure.
- At old age, men and women still relate as husband and wife, while the elderly teach their
grandchildren on how to relate with one another.
gideon1 answered the question on October 3, 2017 at 04:32


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