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By offering and grasping each other's penis – said to represent "paying with one's life" – the men make an avowal of mutual support and goodwill between them, or symbolize and solidify the agreement they have reached during the settling of a dispute.
"Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity" - Bruce Bagemihl
#book quote#biological exuberance#bruce bagemihl#nonfiction#support#goodwill#agreement#dispute settlement#indigenous australians#walbiri#aranda#warlpiri people#arrernte people#mutual trust
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