Polygyny: insufficient father-son contact and son's masculine identity

Kitahara, Michio

Polygyny: insufficient father-son contact and son's masculine identity

Archives of Sexual Behavior • Vol/Iss. 5 • Published In 1976 • Pages: 201-209 •

By Kitahara, Michio

Hypothesis

Polygynous societies, where cowives and their children live in separate quarters, will be positively associated with male circumcision at puberty (205-206)

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Fisher’s exact test	Supported	p<.001	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Male Circumcision At Puberty	Dependent	Body Alterations
Polygynous Societies	Independent Combined	Polygamy
Separation Of Cowives And Their Children	Independent Combined	Polygamy

Related Hypotheses

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Kitahara, Michio	1976	Polygynous societies, where cowives and their children live in separate quarters, will be positively associated with male circumcision at puberty when the factor of the length of a postpartum sexual taboo is controlled (207)	Partially supported	4	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Kitahara, Michio	1974	In polygynous societies, separate living quarters for co-wives are positively associated with male circumcision and/or male segregation at puberty (405).	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Kitahara, Michio	1974	In polygynous societies, separate living quarters for co-wives are positively associated with male circumcision at puberty (404).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Kitahara, Michio	1974	"In polygynous societies, if each co-wife lives in a separate quarter with her children, and if there is a long post-partum sexual taboo, males are most likely to be circumcised and/or segregated at puberty, compared with societies [which lack one or the other of these factors]" (406).	Not Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Kitahara, Michio	1976	Polygynous societies that engage in a long postpartum sexual taboo will be positively associated with male circumcision at puberty when the factor of living-quarter arrangements is controlled (206)	Not Supported	4	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author

Polygyny: insufficient father-son contact and son's masculine identity

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By Kitahara, Michio

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Archives of Sexual Behavior • Vol/Iss. 5 • Published In 1976 • Pages: 201-209 •