Anthropologist Gil Herdt (1981,1984,1986)found That More Than 20 Tribes in Melanesia

Anthropologist Gil Herdt (1981,1984,1986) found that more than 20 tribes in Melanesia and New Guinea participated in ritually prescribed same-sex encounters.His research indicated that the males involved in this type of sexual behavior considered it necessary for:

A) men because they have limited access to women during hunts
B) boys in order for them to "learn" how to participate in homosexuality
C) women to prevent overpopulation in the tribes
D) boys to enter manhood and obtain their masculine virility
E) girls in order for them to learn how to be sexual without damaging their "purity" through heterosexual intercourse