Male domination is very evident in this culture, as in many. The word for manhood is cèya. This word also refers to the requirements of specific behaviors expected of males that have been presented to males since childhood, and then reinforced at circumcision and later initiation rituals. To become a man goes beyond a physiological requirement and includes important qualities such as bravery, leadership and physical endurance. The word for manhood is also the word used for virility for males. If a man can no longer reproduce it is said that that man has left manhood and that he is incomplete. For this, it is said that this man becomes closer to a woman. Another phrase for infertility is that the man's back is dead, bearing in mind one of the seats of manhood to be his
Male domination is very evident in this culture, as in many. The word for manhood is cèya. This word also refers to the requirements of specific behaviors expected of males that have been presented to males since childhood, and then reinforced at circumcision and later initiation rituals. To become a man goes beyond a physiological requirement and includes important qualities such as bravery, leadership and physical endurance. The word for manhood is also the word used for virility for males. If a man can no longer reproduce it is said that that man has left manhood and that he is incomplete. For this, it is said that this man becomes closer to a woman. Another phrase for infertility is that the man's back is dead, bearing in mind one of the seats of manhood to be his