A Cross-Cultural Summary: Extramarital Sex

There will be less permission for extramarital sex relations in societies where the post-partum sex taboo lasts less than one month (393, 301).

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Fisher's Exact Test	Marginally Supported	p = .083	Phi = .264	Two-tailed

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Post-Partum Sex Taboos	Association	Postnatal Care
Extramarital Sex Relations	Association	Extramarital Sex Relations

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Broude, Gwen J.	1980	A double standard in extramarital sex norms will be positively related to post-partum sex taboos (199).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Carroll, Michael P.	1978	"Among those societies characterized by a relatively high degree of father-son contact, the longer the post-partum sex taboo, the less the prevalence of homosexuality" (263).	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Textor, Robert B.	1967	The permission of extramarital sex relations will be more frequent in societies with low levels of socialization anxiety (393, 308).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Textor, Robert B.	1967	The permission of extramarital sex relations will be more common in societies where the desire for children is low or absent (393, 282).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Gray, J. Patrick	1980	There will be a relationship between length of post-partum sex taboo and presence or absence of foreplay (6).	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author