Pregnancy magic:  a study of food taboos and sex avoidances

"A long sex taboo [during pregnancy] does in fact occur more frequently in polygynous than in monogamous societies" (121)

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Fisher’s exact test	Supported	p<.05	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Duration Of Sex Taboo During Pregnancy	Dependent	Pregnancy
Form Of Marriage	Independent	Polygamy

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Ayres, Barbara	1967	"[There is] a relationship between norms of premarital sex behavior [as a measure of sex anxiety] and duration of the sex taboo during pregnancy. [Strict norms tend to result in long duration]" (122)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ayres, Barbara	1967	"There is . . . a positive relationship between severity of punishment for sexual behavior and the duration of the sex taboo but [it] does not quite reach the acceptable 5 percent level of significance" (119)	Partially supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ayres, Barbara	1967	"[There is] no relationship between punishment for sexual behavior and length of sex taboo in societies with monogamy and limited polygyny, but it does show a rather strong positive relationship between the two variables in societies with general polygyny" (121)	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ayres, Barbara	1967	"The severity of the sanctions associated with violation of food taboos [in pregnancy] will be positively related to the severity of punishment for dependent behavior in childhood" (117)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Textor, Robert B.	1967	Societies with sex taboos during pregnancy will tend to lack a high god (285, 426).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author