Guest Boo_Bradley Report post Posted September 18, 2003 Females in tribes in Kenya and other African nations are finally rebelling at the ancient custom of requiring a newly widowed woman to pay to have sex with the village's "cleanser" to purify her soul sufficiently to be allowed to attend her husband's funeral, according to an August Washington Post dispatch. Said one particularly vulgar, besotted cleanser in Gangre, "It's not bad for me since I get to be with the beautiful ladies. The women like it because who else would be with them. They can't stay alone with the spirits. They need me." Cleansers are believed to be major HIV conveyers since a condom would not allow the spirits to pass. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest cobainwasmurdered Report post Posted September 18, 2003 How does one become a cleansor? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NoCalMike 0 Report post Posted September 18, 2003 Oh My.......... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MD2020 Report post Posted September 19, 2003 How does one become a cleansor? Not wearing a condom is apparantly how you begin... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest cobainwasmurdered Report post Posted September 19, 2003 ...not that I want to. I just wonder how they get the job. ...stop looking at me! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NoCalMike 0 Report post Posted September 19, 2003 ...not that I want to. I just wonder how they get the job. ...stop looking at me! well following the guidlines above. First contract Aids........then get back to me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kkktookmybabyaway 0 Report post Posted September 19, 2003 And people wonder why AIDS is going to swallow that place whole... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Boo_Bradley Report post Posted September 19, 2003 Remember they also believe sex with a virgin cures AIDS, from what I heard Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Urine Sane Report post Posted September 19, 2003 Well it is backed up by years of voodoo, sacrifices, and tribal dances. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spicy McHaggis 0 Report post Posted September 19, 2003 And people wonder why AIDS is going to swallow that place whole... Remember, all cultures are beautiful and correct in their own unique and wonderful way. How dare we impose facts on these people. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kkktookmybabyaway 0 Report post Posted September 19, 2003 Oh yeah -- I gotta quit thinking like a Westerner... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest SideFXs Report post Posted September 20, 2003 Why do I think our 15 billion dollars ain't gonna do shit to stop AIDS/HIV, in Africa? But, just enrich a few African leaders and some humanitarian organizations. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Czech Republic 0 Report post Posted September 20, 2003 Africa's backward cultural rituals are so entrenched that all the Peace Corps presentations involving bananas and condoms won't save them. Of course bananas and condom presentations aren't exactly stopping things here either., Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
godthedog 0 Report post Posted September 21, 2003 source on the story? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Boo_Bradley Report post Posted September 21, 2003 Yahoo News - News of the Wierd - Whatever Link there after Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Sagrada3099 Report post Posted September 21, 2003 Well, yeah, a common practice in South African tribes for an AIDS cure is to have sex with a virgin. Not only does this result in skyrocketing rape statistics, but it also leads to the rise of incest, as many men will have sex with their daughters to "cure" themselves. I need to find Wrath of GOOD GAWD's post from WDI about AIDs in South Africa. He lives there, and it was a REAL eye opener. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest TheZsaszHorsemen Report post Posted September 22, 2003 They should count their blessings, they just have to have sex. Compare that to the ancient Indian (as in from India) of suttee. According to that rich Indian widows had to join their husbands of the funeral pyre alive. The British put a stop to it in the 1840's and their ban on suttee was a major reasoning behind the Indian Mutiny of the mid 1850's. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
