Women and girls were expected to eat regularly with age-mates and were encouraged to bring home two or three friends to eat; parents being proud when they did so, for if a young woman often came home alone to eat, her mother could beat her, or even take a spear and wound her.
Se esperaba que las mujeres y las niñas comieran regularmente con compañeros de su edad y se les animaba a traer a casa a dos o tres amigos para comer; los padres estaban orgullosos cuando lo hacían, porque si una joven llegaba a menudo sola a casa para comer, su madre podía golpearla o incluso coger una lanza y herirla.