Talk:Sworn virgin
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"However, among the highlander groups, a similar, cross-cultural clan-based orientation and highly marked sexual roles have created a situation where there has been a shortage of adult males."
a similar, cross-cultural clan-based orientation and highly marked sexual roles—not to mention blood feud—not so long ago, a significant reason why there was a shortage of adult males. 65.95.37.175 22:52, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
This article is unclear as to whether this custom is still practiced or not. 220.253.134.122 09:04, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
I don't understand this section at all.
"Second, they are limited to the traditional female immunity to blood-feud, which remains a major cause of male mortality. If a clan is under siege and all of its males are potential targets for a vengeance murder, the "sworn virgin" is limited to immunity as a target and limited to carrying out crucial men's work without fear of being killed."
Could someone please clean up the language to make it more comprehensible? I think this is an attempt to say that not being killed in feuds is a disadvantage for sworn virgins. That makes little enough sense that I really hope I'm interpretting wrong.
Who wrote this in present tense and for what reason? This custom died out at turn of 20th century at most places or during communist rule in most isolated communities.
