The first documented reports by Westerners in the regions inhabited by the Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) peoples commonly painted a picture of a world of free love and sex. What was life really like in paradise?

Tahiti and Polynesia: Rousseau’s Vision

The Philippines: Where Sex was Sacred

The Arioi and Uritoi Societies

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