I started reading Eisler and Fry (2019) in thinking about using partnership as a model for considering my dissertation research. In reading this section, I remembered being in Africa with a church group in 2001 and when we saw the Maasai people hearing about boys hunting lions to start manhood, but nothing about the genital mutilation practices. This massaginistic focus is right in line with the rest of the domanance seeking patterns for society.
Book: Nurturing Our Humanity