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Radical Anthropology

This film by Bruce Parry, with Jerome and Ingrid Lewis, shows the full-on ritual in action from 5 min 10secs here. The BaYaka girls of Ngoku secret society emerge from the forest as initiated, singing and dancing beautifully but incredibly rudely. Men crawl into the corners and avert their gaze, but still enjoy the very sexy taunting of their own ineptitude.
A few days later, the men stage a comeback with their Ejengi spirit, lured from the forest by women's voices.

youtu.be/XdTRhDRiLcI?feature=s

The dynamic of has been described as 'communism in motion' by our colleague . See her wonderful piece 'Politics of Eros' on gender as collective action in a nonprivatised society. The pendulum of power keeps swinging between the sexes -- as long as women keep their bodies in motion hierarchy never gets the chance to flood back in.

This is government by dancing.

rai.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/do

Here is Morna giving a talk on 'Politics of Eros: how hunter-gatherer women assert solidarity'.

These are the people who are the real world experts in Sex-strike, morality and solidarity. Listen and learn!

youtu.be/-vrD1sBWqm8?si=pvbJ6C