Re: So-called Alternative Lifestyles (was Unconventional pronoun systemsshow us yours!)

An extreme case of societal acceptance of homosexuality is the Etoro.
From what i've read (and this is online and in an anthropology
textbook), that the Etoro believe that homosexual acts cause the crops
to flourish and make boys strong. All Etoro men supposedly have sex
with men, as well as marrying and having children.

However, as for heterosexuality in their culture it is said that it is
forbidden up to 260 days of the year, it is not permitted near the
house or vegetable gardens, and relations between men and women are
mostly hostile and limited (and Etoro men and women usually live
apart). They are said to have low birth rates, and *supposedly* have
resorted to stealing children from other peoples to prevent
depopulation.

from this page: http://anthro.palomar.edu/marriage/marriage_6.htm