A Comparative Study of Human Reproduction

Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 2
Copyright......Page 3
Preface......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Introduction......Page 7
Theories of the menses......Page 9
First menstruation......Page 10
Illness during menstruation......Page 11
Sexual behavior during menstruation......Page 12
Specific menstrual taboos......Page 14
Social participation during menstruation......Page 16
Contact with the menstrual discharge......Page 17
Premarital sex play......Page 20
Obtaining a lover......Page 22
Techniques of coitus......Page 26
Occasional sexual restrictions......Page 28
Extramarital intercourse......Page 29
Sexual aberrations in adulthood......Page 31
Concealment of the sexual organs......Page 32
Theories of conception......Page 34
Barrenness and sterility......Page 36
Determining sex of offspring......Page 39
Contraception......Page 40
Determining the state of pregnancy......Page 43
Theories of fetal growth......Page 44
Dietary restrictions during pregnancy......Page 46
Sexual restrictions during pregnancy......Page 48
Abortion and miscarriage......Page 50
Attempts to ensure a healthy baby......Page 53
Preparations for delivery......Page 55
The birth of the child......Page 58
Postnatal care......Page 65
Unusual births......Page 69
Infanticide......Page 72
Naming the child......Page 75
Lactation......Page 77
Caring for the child......Page 82
Weaning......Page 84
The problems of reproduction......Page 86
Appendix......Page 94
Tribes......Page 96
Menstruation......Page 98
Coitus......Page 99
Conception......Page 100
Childbirth......Page 101
Early parenthood......Page 103
Text references......Page 104
Ethnographic sources......Page 105