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Perineum

noun
(pl. perinea)
1.
The general region between the anus and the genital organs.





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"Perineum" Quotes from Famous Books



... harmful means. The Atchinese practice abortion both before marriage and in marriage. It is a matter of course.[912] The women of Central Celebes will not bear children, and use abortion to avoid it, lest the perineum be torn,—"a thing which they consider the greatest shame for a woman."[913] If an unmarried woman of the Djakun, on the peninsula of Malacca, used abortion, she lost all standing in the tribe. Women despised her; no man would marry her, and she might be ...
— Folkways - A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals • William Graham Sumner


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