Editing Rastafari (section)

====Sexuality====

As it existed in Jamaica, Rastafari did not promote monogamy.{{sfn|Kitzinger|1966|p=38}} Though it is not especially common, Rasta men are permitted to engage in [[polygamy]],{{sfnm|1a1=Lake|1y=1994|1p=252|2a1=Edmonds|2y=2012|2p=99}} while women are expected to reserve their sexual activity for one male partner.{{sfn|Edmonds|2012|p=99}} [[Common-law marriage]] is the norm,{{sfnm|1a1=Kitzinger|1y=1966|1p=38|2a1=Kitzinger|2y=1969|2p=253|3a1=Clarke|3y=1986|3p=88|4a1=Semaj|4y=2013|4p=106}} although many Rastas are legally married.{{sfn|Cashmore|1983|pp=78–79}} Rasta men refer to their female partners as "queens",{{sfnm|1a1=Kitzinger|1y=1969|1p=253|2a1=Cashmore|2y=1983|2p=79|3a1=Clarke|3y=1986|3p=87|4a1=Edmonds|4y=2012|4p=109}} "empresses",{{sfn|Edmonds|2012|p=109}} or "lionesses",{{sfn|Niaah|2016|p=1}} while the males in these relationships are known as "kingmen".{{sfnm|1a1=Lake|1y=1994|1p=245|2a1=Edmonds|2y=2012|2p=99}} 
Rastafari places great importance on family life and the raising of children,{{sfn|Clarke|1986|pp=87–88}} with reproduction being encouraged.{{sfn|Kitzinger|1966|p=37}} Traditionally, the religion emphasised the place of men in child-rearing, associating this with the recovery of African manhood.{{sfnm|1a1=Kebede|1a2=Knottnerus|1y=1998|1p=504|2a1=Edmonds|2y=2012|2pp=103–104}} Women would often work, sometimes while the man raised the children at home.{{sfn|Clarke|1986|p=88}}

Rastafari regards procreation as the purpose of sex, and thus [[oral sex|oral]] and [[anal sex]] are usually forbidden.{{sfn|Sabelli|2011|p=141}} Both [[contraception]] and [[abortion]] are usually censured,{{sfnm|1a1=Kitzinger|1y=1969|1p=253|2a1=Cashmore|2y=1983|2p=79|3a1=Clarke|3y=1986|3p=88|4a1=Barrett|4y=1997|4p=209|5a1=Edmonds|5y=2012|5p=99}} and a common claim in Rasta discourse is that these were inventions of Babylon to decrease the black African birth-rate.{{sfnm|1a1=Kitzinger|1y=1966|1p=37|2a1=Clarke|2y=1986|2p=88|3a1=Edmonds|3y=2012|3p=100|4a1=Sibanda|4y=2016|4p=192}} 
Rastas typically express hostile attitudes to homosexuality, regarding homosexuals as evil and unnatural;{{sfnm|1a1=Kitzinger|1y=1966|1p=35|2a1=Kitzinger|2y=1969|2pp=254–255|3a1=Cashmore|3y=1983|3p=79|4a1=Barnett|4y=2006|4p=879|5a1=Sibanda|5y=2016|5pp=180, 181, 191}} this attitude derives from [[The Bible and homosexuality|references to same-sex sexual activity in the Bible]].{{sfn|Sibanda|2016|p=184}} Cashmore reported that Rastas typically saw the growing acceptance of birth control and homosexuality in the 1970s and 1980s as evidence of the degeneration of Babylon and proof of its approaching demise.{{sfn|Cashmore|1981|pp=178–179}} LGBTQ+ Rastas may conceal their sexual orientation because of these attitudes.{{sfn|Sibanda|2016|p=192}}