Boy To Man

In Benin, boys move toward manhood in a test of endurance by the sting of a whip.

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[claryington]

punnchmaster if your not racist why didnt you just say "dumb people" ..... not dumb negro. fuck you.

[Dillan44]

i'm pretty sure whoever whips first would win, since the person being whipped would still be in pain while they do the whipping.

[Totesmygoats73]

Painful

[brandyisdope]

Owwwwwwwwwwwwww

[Clyntell54]

Did anyone else notice that both these boys were wearing wrist watches? GMAB. I love the irony at least.

[Clyntell54]

If we held to all of our traditions in this way from the beginning, we in the "modern" world would still be living like the caveman. Pity.

[Trumblebee]

oh wow, these are babies!! but they're all much braver than i am, i'd never be able to handle the pain from the facial tattoos or the whipping.

[ThexParanoidxAndroid]

not to sound culturally insensitive or anything but.... for people living in poverty these african tribes sure do seem to spend a lot of time and energy doing these "my wang is bigger than yours" exercises

[bilal1910]

@throbule Why Islam in particular? What's pathetic about islam?

[Cleric775]

@Dillan44 You're right, maybe they should take turns.

Flip the coin to determine who goes first.

[skittb89]

wtf? why did the second boy win? he flinged more then the first one!