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psychosis333's review against another edition
3.0
It's alright if you want to learn a bit about sexuality in American Indian cultures, but there are far better books out there regarding the subject. He also misuses pronouns quite a bit. Plus, he misidentifies gender and sexual identities quite a bit.
lepremieraccroc's review against another edition
2.0
It was very interesting to see that what our Western societies claim to be a scientific fact (that there are only 2 genders and that gender is linked to your genitaelia) is actually not true or accepted as such in other cultures.
I'm glad to have learnt a little about American Indian societies.
However, I feel very disturbed by the way the author seem to think about adult men having sex with boys. In the first parts of the book, it seems as though he wants to keep a certain neutrality towards a culture that isn't his.
But in the very last part, when he talks about the different cultures which have adult men do that, he also speaks of European societies and uses the term « intergenerational male love ». And I'm really not okay with this : it's not love, it's children being sexually abused by adults. That's why I cannot give more than 2 stars.
I'm glad to have learnt a little about American Indian societies.
However, I feel very disturbed by the way the author seem to think about adult men having sex with boys. In the first parts of the book, it seems as though he wants to keep a certain neutrality towards a culture that isn't his.
But in the very last part, when he talks about the different cultures which have adult men do that, he also speaks of European societies and uses the term « intergenerational male love ». And I'm really not okay with this : it's not love, it's children being sexually abused by adults. That's why I cannot give more than 2 stars.
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