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most terrible would consist in putting the individuals, whatever his age, in a transparent cage, entirely naked. The Ummit would ignore shame, as visual perception would not be essential. The word "beauty" seems to make no sense to him. For a Ummit, a handsome woman should be good smelling and present a" good infrared signature". On Earth, if we want to punish someone, we put him in a jail or in a black cabinet. He is so deprived of visual information and confined in a reduced space. On the planet UMMO, that would be the contrary. The Ummit would not fear the obscurity : in the absolute dark, his infrared skin-sensors would give him a certain perception of the surroundings. On the other side, the privation of olfactive signals (one of his main sense) would cause a strong stress. Isolated in his glass-cage, out of his social mole-hill, dazzled by the day light, he would not feel good at all. On this hypothetical planet, according to the texts, the man and the woman would, by principle, equal in rights. The age would give no privilege, particularly for hierarchical structures, very rigid. The one who would command would be the one who would have been judged as being the most competent, whatever his gender or age47. But, de facto, the Ummit hierarchy (government, parliament) would be composed only by 27% women. The individuals, fitted since his birth of a certain number of physical and intellectual qualities, would have the possibility to develop them as he wants. He would be evaluated many times during his life, particularly at the age on 13 terrestrial years where his orientation would be decided. This is the end of the intellectual adolescence for the Ummit (while his sexual maturity would come later than for the humans on Earth). This is also the age where he should leave his family cell, entering some sorts of Universities where education complements would be given. The rupture would be real. After having being taken to his parents, he would be at this time completely taken in charge by the society and would have no more relationships to his parents. From the affective point of view, the Ummits are nearer to animals as to humans. We keep privileged links with our progeny, during all our life. If these extraterrestrians exist, and are as they describe themselves, this attachment must puzzle them. A she-cat look with care after its youngs, when they need her. But when they are weaned and can live by themselves, she get disinterested. We don't see cats saluting its children some years later, after a minimal period of breeding, in the family cell. These beings would join the general termitary, would integer some sort of collective being. 123