Yeah, common sense like, "Well, the gang rape is already over, so we'll just make some disapproving noises and drive on."
toughening themselves is a strong cultural value
Illustrated by their letting women die in childbirth alone if they're not "tough" enough to deliver unassisted.
Sometimes, you know, cultures/tribes disappear *precisely* because they are *inferior* from a basic survival standpoint. This culture is one such, in my opinion.
Silly American, don't you know all cultures are equal and beautiful?
sorry, I just threw up a little in my mouth as I was writing that...I have to brush now.
I have friends who go all gushy over "the ancients", you know, Myans, Aztecs, ancient Egyptians, any damn fool group that is mystical and romantic by virtue of time passed. My response to this hero-worship is always "Well, yeah...but their all dead now, right? Either becuase they stupidly rotted from within, or because they were conquered by someone bigger, faster, and hungrier?"
“Sexual mores are governed by common sense rather than stricture”
The writer seems to have a very shallow understanding of cultures and societies. It was the introduction of “stricture”, monogamy, ceremony and rules that brought animal-like sexual behavior that helped society greatly advance. “Common sense” sexual behavior is actually high risk for disease and increases risk to children as well as puts the female in a risky, uncertain position of having to take care of self and child. Jealousies and competition for mates would reduce effort devoted to other productive activities. It is just one of the reasons that a society has stayed small and not progressed over the course of several thousand years during which nearly all other human societies have grown, developed and thrived.
Some successful culture, huh.