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aniMALE
07-05-2010, 06:38 AM
This is from Jared Diamond, Guns, Germs and Steel p. 55 or 56



With no other accessible islands to colonize, the Moriori had to remain in the Chathams, and to learn how to get along with each other. They did so by renouncing war, and they reduced potential conflicts from overpopulation by ********** some male infants. The result was a small, unwarlike population with simple technology and weapons, and without strong leadership or organization.
I read in another source that they did not that to children but to young men, now I wonder, who did that? There was a woman in charge of doing that?

Who choose the men that should be *********? The castratrix? The women of the village?

Where can I find more info about the moriori femdom society?

Is that some sort of urban legend? I can see that info in a lot of websites but I can't find any source. And it differs from website to website, some says male infants, other says young men.