Ruperto JiménezApril 25

If a boy wants to sleep with a girl, he meets her at the well during the day when he knows that the father of the girl is working in a group.

If a girl gets sick [pregnant] without marrying and she gives birth, her family cares for the child. There is little criticism. Boys have had sex with women before marriage.

Women getting water from the well

Angel Florentino

If a girl has a child out of wedlock, her father or her uncle or someone in the family takes care of the child. People gossip about the situation, but there are few that give it much thought. Only a few boys have had sexual relations before marriage.

Silvestre CuevasApril 30

Silvestre slept with a woman for the first time when he was twelve years old. It was the Festival of the Sanctuary. She made a three quarter turn, following him with her eyes. He “got hot” (“se calentó”) but it wasn’t his fault, she incited him. When I noted his young age, he told me that in Hot Country people developed more quickly.

Melchor GarcíaMay 4

There are very few boys who have not had sex with women before marriage. Some, the “hot boys” (“muchachos calientes”), [had sex] when they are ten years old.

Girls do not risk inciting the boys when their parents are with them. They are afraid of their parents.

Flavio SarmientoMay 6

When Flavio married he had not slept with a woman. His fiancé was a virgin as well.