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

Archives of Sexual Behavior • Vol/Iss. 5 • Published In • Pages: 201-209 •
By Kitahara, Michio

Hypothesis

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)

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Fisher’s exact testNot Supportedabove .10UNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Engagement In Long Postpartum Sexual TabooIndependent CombinedPostnatal Care
Living-quarter ArrangementsCombinedPolygamy
Male Circumcision At PubertyDependentBody Alterations
Polygynous SocietiesIndependent CombinedPolygamy

Related Hypotheses

Main AuthorHypothesis
Kitahara, MichioPolygynous societies that engage in a long postpartum sexual taboo will be positively associated with male segregation at puberty when the factor of living-quarter arrangements is controlled (206)
Kitahara, Michio". . . a long post-partum sexual taboo could become instrumental in increasing the possibility of circumcision and/or segregation only when it is present in societies having separate living quarters for co-wives" (408)
Kitahara, Michio"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).
Kitahara, Michio"There is a significant correlation between living quarter arrangements for co-wives in polygynous societies and the frequency of circumcision of males at puberty when the factor of the length of the postpartum sexual taboo is controlled" (10).
Kitahara, MichioIn polygynous societies, separate living quarters for co-wives and a long postpartum sex taboo are associated with male circumcision and/or segregation at puberty (406-407).