In some parts of Papua New Guinea 1 , an aspiring bride worth her sugar must, as a matter of rudimentary courtesy, sound parental up-bringing, and solid character, have sex with every man in the village as part of their traditional wedding protocol, in order to affirm her dignity and also guarantee her fertility, in strict conformity with their cherished, rich, and ancient culture!
Meanwhile, in another part of the same Papua New Guinea, members of the Dani ethnic nationality rarely have sex.
By tradition, in order to acquire sufficient respectability, newly wedded couples must wait for as long as 5 years before they copulate. In Cooks Islands 1 , located in the South Pacific Ocean, older married women have the exclusive statutory and civic duties of routinely introducing, initiating, instructing, grooming, and practicalising the science and art of advanced reproductive dynamics with teenage boys.
Eskimos in Northern Canada and Greenland have drastically simplified the process of wedding. Marriages are arranged at birth 1. Eskimo law demands that marriages can only be deemed official if, and only when, such couples start copulating.
At the exact moment of their debut pre-marital sexual experimentation, they are automatically translated to the realm of graciously married husband and wife. No further ceremonies are needed, or may even be tolerated by their strict marital ethics and etiquette. Different strokes for different folks. Different lanes for different brains. At this point, we might as well ask: Where, precisely, is the baseline for accurately assessing promiscuity?
