Harm

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Men must avoid having intercourse with their wives at certain times, and the !Kung believe that if a man’s wife is lactating, he must carefully avoid letting her milk touch him. The milk, they believe, would destroy his hunting powers.

• Source: Marshall, Lorna. The !Kung of Nyae Nyae. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1976.
• Culture: San
• Location: Africa