The History of Gay Sex - The Sambia: the Semen Ingesting Tribe of Papua New Guinea

The Sambia: the Semen Ingesting Tribe of Papua New Guinea

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02/22/22 • 61 min

The History of Gay Sex

The Sambia tribe of Papua New Guinea practiced a ritualized form of homosexuality as a male rite of passage. Except these rituals heavily surrounded one act: semen ingestion. The tribe believed that puberty was impossible unless boys started consuming semen at a young age and that mothers could not gestate a child without semen ingestion as well. We cover all of this and more with guest host Mike for this episode!

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