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Fattening Room in Nigeria
A fattening room is a practice whereby ladies or adolescent daughters are kept away from their companions, societal interactions and also from performing their customary duties[1]. This period may range from three months to seven years depending on the wealth of their father.
Purpose
The purpose of of the fattening room is to groom and mould the girl or intended bride in the traditional norms of caring for her prospective husband and her future home. A fattening room is like a traditional school where the lady or bride is moulded into a good mother, a wife, with an overall good character, that will be attractive to men. Another perspective argue that the main purpose of the fattening room is used to create plump women. This because the society that practice it believe that surplus of flesh ensures greater chances of fertility and a healthy baby.[2]
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- ^ Brink, Pamela J. (1989-11-01). "The fattening room among the Annang of Nigeria". Medical Anthropology. 12 (1): 131–143. doi:10.1080/01459740.1989.9966016. ISSN 0145-9740. PMID 2486126.
- ^ Kocjan, Deirdre K.; Giannini, A. James (1993), Giannini, A. James; Slaby, Andrew E. (eds.), "The History of Obesity", The Eating Disorders, New York, NY: Springer, pp. 22–28, doi:10.1007/978-1-4613-8300-0_3, ISBN 978-1-4613-8300-0, retrieved 2023-03-10