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Law, 1993. Law, Robin (1993). «The 'Amazons' of Dahomey». Paideuma: Mitteilungen zur Kulturkunde (Frobenius Institute) 39: 245-260. JSTOR40341664.
Law, 1993, p. 250. «sought security by organizing a force recruited from female captives (who, as foreigners, would have no competing loyalty to anyone else in Dahomey)» Law, Robin (1993). «The 'Amazons' of Dahomey». Paideuma: Mitteilungen zur Kulturkunde (Frobenius Institute) 39: 245-260. JSTOR40341664.
Law, 1993, p. 253. «already in the eighteenth century the kings of Dahomey used to requisition both boys for the army and girls for the royal harem» Law, Robin (1993). «The 'Amazons' of Dahomey». Paideuma: Mitteilungen zur Kulturkunde (Frobenius Institute) 39: 245-260. JSTOR40341664.
Law, 1993, p. 253. «the Amazon force was partly recruited from criminals: according to Burton, women taken in adultery and shrews who proved intolerable to their husbands were thus "dashed to the King and duly enlisted"» Law, Robin (1993). «The 'Amazons' of Dahomey». Paideuma: Mitteilungen zur Kulturkunde (Frobenius Institute) 39: 245-260. JSTOR40341664.
Law, 1993, p. 256. «According to tradition reported by Degbelo, they were required on recruitment to undergo excision (clitoridectomy), apparently as a means of diminishing their sexual drive» Law, Robin (1993). «The 'Amazons' of Dahomey». Paideuma: Mitteilungen zur Kulturkunde (Frobenius Institute) 39: 245-260. JSTOR40341664.
Law, 1993, p. 256. «some of course had been recruited through capture or judicial
punishment, and had sexual experience prior to enlistment» Law, Robin (1993). «The 'Amazons' of Dahomey». Paideuma: Mitteilungen zur Kulturkunde (Frobenius Institute) 39: 245-260. JSTOR40341664.