re: #193 LudwigVanQuixote

I remember learning about a tribe in Africa when I was in college.

They have a custom that16-17 yr old boys marry 14-16 year old virgin girls. However, before the boy can get married, he is taken in by a 30 year old woman (usually a widow) as a student.

The young man gets taught the ways of women from an experienced woman.

The older woman gets no strings attached attention from an eager teenager.

The young bride gets a husband who knows what he is doing.

While I am not going to argue this on Torah grounds (obviously Torah would look dimly on the situation) I have to lean back and appriciate the merits of the system.

You will now get updinged by all males imagining tutoring in the ways of women by 30 year old widows.