Critique: Too Much In Mangaia by Donald S. Marshall, focuses upon "Sex-sex for pleasure and sex for procreation is a principal concern of the Polynesian people.

One of the main components of Mangaian sexual know-how and fascination is not foreplay; it is the male’s ability to energetically continue the “in-and-out action of coitus” over a lengthy period.  Marshall mentions, “that a man that goes only for a short time does not love”.  The female Mangaian “learn” orgasms from “the good man” who instructs her to be able to obtain orgasm.  On average the Mangaian girl has three to four consecutive partners and the average boy has around ten.  “Mangaian parents encourage their daughters to have sexual experiences with several men”.  A male goes around from female to female going on as he pleases.  A boy that has slept with many girls is admired.  

There is no evidence of homosexuality on Mangaia.  For Mangaian girls, the first sexual experience with a man rarely results in marriage.  Once married, a Mangaian male emphasizes more on the amount of evenings he can copulate rather than the amount of orgasms.  The Mangaian husband and wife only come together to copulate.  It is believed that affection for each other seems to come to them with age.  Mangaian couples are open to extramarital sexual activity in certain cases.  The female wanting to return to the man that pleased her the most or when a man is traveling.  There is occasionally some incest but the punishments are harsh.  It is often more likely for the Mangaian men to be impotent than it is for the American male.  “The Mangaian male is subject to tira, condition that ranges from an initial period of insatiable desire to a final stage in which he cannot achieve an erection; his penis may actually retreat into the body.

To conclude the Mangaian culture places a lot of emphases on sex.  Some of the negative consequences of Mangaian sexual behavior is increased sterility and impotency.  A more general observation is that it doesn’t matter how you look or how much money you have as long as you are able to please the female or male you will always have a sexual partner.