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	Extramarital sexual relations will be present in societies that are outside of South America (394, 9).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Textor, Robert B.	1967	Extramarital sexual relations will be present in societies with low incidence of polygyny (394, 243).	Marginally Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Textor, Robert B.	1967	Extramarital sexual relations will be present in societies with a slight or moderate degree of insobriety (394, 476).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author