Exotica
January, 1977
Most of the world's men and women have reached the conclusion that limits to population growth are not only desirable but imperative. There still are places, though, where people--influenced by religion, local mores or just odd psychological quirks--feel impelled to procreate. Robert Thomson, visiting Afghanistan on a Fulbright scholarship, sends word on some--well--far-out practices there:In Afghanistan among the tribal and village peoples, nearly everybody feels that a large family not only pr...
