Posted on 02/03/2007 11:41:20 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia
ORANGO ISLAND, Guinea-Bissau (Feb. 1) - He was 14 when the girl entered his grass-covered hut and placed a plate in front of him containing an ancient recipe.
Like all men on this African isle, Carvadju Jose Nananghe knew exactly what it meant. Refusing was not an option. His heart pounding, he lifted the steaming fish to his lips, agreeing in one bite to marry the girl.
"I had no feelings for her," said Nananghe, now 65. "Then when I ate this meal, it was like lightning. I wanted only her."
In this archipelago of 50 islands of pale blue water off the western rim of Africa, it's women, not men, who choose. They make their proposals public by offering their grooms-to-be a dish of distinctively prepared fish, marinated in red palm oil. It's the equivalent of a man bending on one knee and offering a woman a diamond ring, except that in one of the world's matriarchal cultures, it's women that do the asking, and once they have, men are powerless to say no.
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Wow, just like here. The babes do the picking.
Regards.
"The choice of a woman is much more stable," explains Okrane. "Rarely were there divorces before. Now, with men choosing, divorce has become common."
Welcome to the civilized world.
I want some of that fish.
But, be careful who serves it to you. Andrea Dworkin, for example.
I hear Hillary is looking to trade up once she's in office.
Then again Rosie is taken.
Really... what do you do if some fat hairy feminist comes into your hut with a bowl of soup?
Who was it who first said that if all women suddenly decided that they'd only become intimate with men who walked around on their hands, in a moment or two, half the human race would be upside down?
Considering how this story plays into the hands of some university feminist fantasies . . . I'm going to give this one a tentative call of B$ll Sh$t.
FMCDH(BITS)
Half the human race is already upside down, but only intermittently, and only after 10 PM.
Half the human race is already upside down, but only intermittently, and only after 10 PM.
(grin)
She must have caught him one delicious bass.
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Femininity ;-P
You seen some of those topless African babes in National Geographic? Pretty hot stuff.
are you suggesting that skyrocking divorce rates = civilization?
thank you for clarifying.
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