ABSTRACT
The period of moranhood, which asserts the primacy of youth, ultimately defers to the moral supremacy of ageing. This process entails a transformation from the food avoidances that define moranhood to a new set of avoidances associated with the dignity of elderhood. It is a process that concerns men's changing relations with women, and through women with one another as they marry and settle down. Eunoto does mark a turning point, however. Once performed, it is no longer an anomaly for moran to marry nor to have sexual relations with their own wives. A major step in adjusting to elderhood occurs when a new age-group of junior moran is established. The transition to elderhood entails a complex transformation of these avoidances corresponding to an elaboration of the relations between the sexes. The array of relationships between men and various categories of women is riddled with double standards. Men exploit their own wives beyond the limits set by custom.
