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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tonguez" data-source="post: 2460998" data-attributes="member: 1125">I think Slaves Human Sacrfiice and Cannibalism should stay as they are great plot devices. I'd even go as far as makign all barbarians cannibals (especially in Tahiti (who considered themselves quite civilised) people from the Marquesas etc were considered to be savage and uncouth primarily because they were Cannibals).I agree the practice of infanticide (which was not widespread outside the Arioi cult) can be forgotten. And the sexual freedom could easily be glossed in a statement like "Polynesian societies did not have the same sexual taboos as in western cultures, both men and women went about barechested depending upon fashion."Now as to the role of women. It needs to be stated (for the record) that in Polynesian society all commoners were considered inferior and yes commoner women more inferior than commoner men. However most PCs in a Polynesian setting wont be commoners, they will instead be from the Mata'aina (ra'atira) caste (Aristocracy) where the relationship between women and men were more 'equitable'. ie Women were able to be leaders, warriors and 'tuhuna' albeit that this was still not as common as men taking on those roles.Still you do get a variety of legends to confirm such eg Nafanua of Samoa was a hero who became a godess of War, Queen Pomare of Tahiti is known from european contact, and in my own people the tohunga who controlled pigeon hunting was always a women.</blockquote>

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